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The government just made it easier for workers to own a piece of their employer

by Lydia DePillis

Lydia DePillis writes for CNN Money about ”The government just made it easier for workers to own a piece of their employer.” DePillis writes about The Democracy Collaborative project Fifty By Fifty:


[…] To address the problem, he’s setting up a separate organization to scale the idea nationally, with the goal of adding one million worker-owners by 2024. Another initiative funded by Citi Community Development called Fifty by Fifty is shooting for 50 million new worker-owners by 2050. […]

Read more in CNN Moneys

Publication date: 2018-08-25
Parent publication: CNN
Publication URL: The government just made it easier for workers to own a piece of their employer
by Lydia DePillis

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