Short summary
TL;DR Summary
The two-minute version: the challenge, the mechanism, and why CE outperforms UBI and tariffs.
Citizens' Equity (CE) proposes a sovereign fund, capitalized by mandatory corporate contributions scaled to domestic market participation, that issues one equal, non-transferable share to every citizen. Unlike Universal Basic Income, CE connects citizens to productivity growth automatically, without repeated legislative intervention — transforming citizens from transfer recipients into stakeholders in the economy itself.
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Executive summary
A Democratic Response to AI-Driven Wealth Concentration
A policy-oriented overview of the crisis and the CE mechanism, written for policymakers and journalists.
Monograph
A Plan to Manage the AI Revolution Better Than We Managed the Industrial Revolution
The full-length treatment of the proposal, its mechanics, and its implications. Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Academic article
Capital Democratization as a Policy Response to AI-Driven Labor Displacement
The academic paper formalizing the CE mechanism and comparing it with UBI and tariffs on welfare grounds.
Bibliography
Comprehensive Bibliography for Citizens' Equity Research
Sources and further reading underpinning the CE research program.