Author Archives: David Smathers Moore

Cooperatives: Poverty Prevention for All of Us?

Enrique is a skilled carpenter.  For many years, he was a union member, worked hard, and made good money.  But the recession left him unemployed for more than a year and a half. That is a really long time to … Continue reading

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Philanthropic Justice: Transforming Private Wealth into Community Assets

The Cleveland Foundation has done something extremely rare in philanthropy: it is transforming some of the private wealth it controls into a community asset that will be under the democratic stewardship of the Cleveland community for generations to come. The … Continue reading

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