Welcome to the
People’s Economy Lab!
The People’s Economy Lab is building a network of leaders and advancing projects that meet local needs by putting people and places first. Our leaders are democratizing finance, real-estate, and work. They are building power in their communities, developing equitable policies, and supporting local businesses. We are creating a community-centered economy in Seattle.
Welcome to the People’s Economy Lab!
The People’s Economy Lab is building a network of leaders and advancing projects that meet local needs by putting people and places first. Our leaders are democratizing finance, real-estate, and work. They are building power in their communities, developing equitable policies, and supporting small and local businesses. We are creating a community-centered economy in Seattle.
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Meet Mo!, Organizer at Got Green
Mo! grew up in a community of social justice organizers in Chicago. Her first experience with a People’s Economy came when she moved out of her Mom’s house at age eighteen and into the Stone Soup Cooperative. Living at Stone Soup she witnessed a highly effective, democratically run organization that provided affordable, communal places to live. She began to learn about other cooperative enterprises like worker cooperatives and consumer cooperatives, and has pursued that interest ever since.
Read More>>How To Talk People’s Economy - New Report
A new report shows that people largely don’t understand the economy and believe its a force of nature rather than something we created and can change. But all hope is not lost, tapping into key concerns can like inequality, power, and fulfillment and using promising frames like reprogramming or laying new tracks can open up space for reframing the economy as a human creation that we can make better.
Read More>>Ventures: Equity in Entrepreneurship
To build an economy that is truly inclusive, we have to look at all aspects of economic development. This is particularly true in the Puget Sound region, where the recent influx of wealth has not resulted in economic prosperity for everyone.
Read More>>Our local leaders are transforming the economy.
Lab Leaders
The People’s Economy Lab is made up of organizers, thinkers, and do-ers that are creating a community-centered economy in Seattle.
Take part in your local economy.
Our Initiatives
Together, lab participants identified key initiatives, evaluated for both impact and feasibility, that begin to put community at the center of our economy. In each initiative there are range of projects, from ideas, to research and development projects, to existing models ripe for replication or scaling up.
Build Capacity
Democratize Land and Development
