EFI Blog
Exploring the Equitable Future Initiative
These posts develop proposals for organizing work, sharing economic power, and governing essential institutions. They explore worker-led governance, automation, public safety, trade, and the Public Industry Administration Model (PIAM).
Read them as stages in an evolving framework. Proposed outcomes depend on assumptions and mechanisms that need scrutiny, and earlier formulations may change as the work develops.
The Blueprint Is Built — Here's Where to Start
An introduction to Project 2028 and Beyond, an early framework for the Equitable Future Initiative, with a guide to accessing its proposals for work, essential needs, and governance.
Global Trade & Supply Chains in EFI: Building a Fair and Worker-Owned Economy
How might international trade operate through worker-owned enterprises? This post explores EFI’s proposed role for cooperatives and unions in organizing supply chains, compensation, and sustainability.
Public Safety & Security Under EFI: A Worker-Led Approach
An exploration of EFI’s proposals for community-centered public safety, including democratic oversight, emergency response, and accountability.
AI & Automation Under Worker Control: Ensuring Technology Serves Everyone
Who should decide how AI is deployed and how its benefits are shared? This post explores EFI’s proposals for worker participation, cooperative ownership, and oversight of automation.
Automation Promised to Free Us—Why Do We Work More? How PIAM Fixes It
An argument for using automation to reduce working hours and share productivity gains. The post outlines how EFI’s proposed Public Industry Administration Model (PIAM) would approach work distribution and retraining.
How Unions Govern Industries Under EFI
A closer look at EFI’s proposed roles for industry unions, regional labor councils, and a national Council of Commons in economic decision-making.
Introducing The Public Industry Administration Model (PIAM): EFI’s Union-Led Economic System
An introduction to PIAM, a proposed structure for coordinating labor, automation, and economic planning through industry unions, regional councils, and national governance.