587. Should Companies Be Owned by Their Workers?
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The employee ownership movement is growing, and one of its biggest champions is also a private equity heavyweight. Is this meaningful change, or just window dressing?

• SOURCES:

• Marjorie Kelly), distinguished senior fellow at The Democracy Collaborative.

• Corey Rosen), founder and senior staff member of the National Center for Employee Ownership.

• Pete Stavros), co-head of Global Private Equity at KKR.

• RESOURCES:

• "Private Equity Is Starting to Share With Workers, Without Taking a Financial Hit)," by Lydia DePillis (*The New York Times, *2024).

• "Private Equity Heavyweight Pushing Employee Ownership)," (*60 Minutes, *2024).

• "Ownership Works: Scaling a Profitable Social Mission)," by Ethan Rouen, Dennis Campbell, and Andrew Robinson (*HBS Case Collection, *2023).

• "Research on Employee Ownership)," by the National Center for Employee Ownership (2023).

• Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises)*, *by Marjorie Kelly (2023).

• "Is Private Equity Joining — or Co-Opting—the Employee Ownership Movement?)" by Marjorie Kelly and Karen Kahn (*Fast Company, *2022).

• "How Well Is Employee Ownership Working?)" by Corey Rosen and Michael Quarrey (*Harvard Business Review, *1987).

• EXTRAS:

• "Are Private Equity Firms Plundering the U.S. Economy?)" by *Freakonomics Radio *(2023).

• "Do You Know Who Owns Your Vet?)" by *Freakonomics Radio *(2023).

• "Should You Trust Private Equity to Take Care of Your Dog?)" by *Freakonomics Radio *(2023).