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Investing in Creativity as Social Infrastructure

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The art world's current, market-based, "winner take all" approach pushes creativity into a highly commodified environment where success is measured by sales rather than community impact. The system also prioritizes artists from privileged backgrounds who can afford to work for minimal compensation. Research supports this approach.

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How Limited Equity Co-ops Can Sustain Affordable Homeownership

NonProfit Quarterly

Additionally, millions of Americans reside in manufactured housing communities, often called mobile home parks, which do provide affordable housing. They were initially marketed to wealthier urbanites, who wanted the advantages of individual homeownership without all the responsibilities it entailed.

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Defying the Odds: The Case for Investing in Organizing Workers in the South

NonProfit Quarterly

With more than half of the nations Black workforce living in the South and more than one in five Southern workers making less than $15 an hour , a two-tiered labor market exists that perpetuates the legacy of slavery and injustice in the modern economy. But the times are changing.

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Monitoring Inequality: The Case for Widening Access to Innovations in Diabetes Management

NonProfit Quarterly

Meanwhile, over the last few years, companies like ZOE and Oviva have been marketing CGMs as trendy, health-optimization tools for people who dont have diabetes. While some CGM companies have lowered their prices to expand their market share, prices generally remain high.

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Private Equity and Wheelchair Services: How to Address a National Crisis

NonProfit Quarterly

Vertical integrationfrom manufacturing to retailalso allows private equity firms to maximize profits across the supply chain. It is also a large and growing market segment. For one, an aging population ensures steady demand for mobility equipment. percent for the next decade.

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The Next Generation of Mutualism

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The capital markets that can invest in social enterprise are chaotic and low-impact. The right only promotes competitive market solutions to solve for human needs. Yet the future of mutualist organizations which today includes cooperatives, faith groups, credit unions, nonprofits, unionsis under threat.

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Why Fashion Education Needs to Care About Climate Change

NonProfit Quarterly

Unlike traditional fashion design jobs, which are more susceptible to market trends and consumer tastes, sustainability roles align with long-term industry shifts, offering greater career stability. Sustainability-focused roles are not only well-compensated, but they also offer more job security for fashion graduates.