Mutuality matters, morally and economically

What is Solidarity Economics?

This collaboration between the Institute for Social Transformation at UC Santa Cruz and the USC Dornsife Equity Research Institute, Solidarity Economics uses data and analysis to contribute to a more powerful, well-resourced, intersectional, and intersectoral movement for equity.

The voices of socially, economically, racially, and environmentally marginalized communities are central in our work.

For a Path Forward on Climate, Let’s Learn From the Original New Deal

Dr. Manuel Pastor and J. Mijin Cha You may not know it, but Democrats and Republicans share a growing concern about the climate and environment. With extreme weather events becoming more common, many young Republicans now question their...

After COVID-19, Here’s How We Can Make Sure Everyone Can Heal

Dr. Manuel Pastor California and so many other states initially launched an inequitable vaccine distribution system. Consider that once we got beyond vaccinating health care workers, the emphasis was on inoculating those over age 65. That makes...

The Business Case for Vaccine Equity

Dr. Manuel Pastor No one should be surprised that America’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout system has produced sharp racial disparities in vaccination rates – the system has played upon existing inequalities from digital access, to quality of employment,...

Scaling Economic Solidarity: The Pandemic, Nonprofits, and Power

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how a disease can reveal an underlying sickness—and in America, that means our failure to provide universal health care, our marginalization of immigrants and others, and our devaluation of the caring work that makes...

Equity, Growth and Community: What the Nation Can Learn From America’s Metro Areas

What the Nation Can Learn From America’s Metropolitan Regions In the last several years, much has been written about growing economic challenges, increasing income inequality, and political polarization in the United States. This new book by Chris...

Crisis and Opportunity: Building Solidarity Economics in the Age of Coronavirus and Beyond

From Resistance to Renewal: Building An Economy Based Belonging

Our economic rules are generally based on the notion that self-interest and competition are natural human impulses, with conservatives suggesting that markets will channel those forces into equilibrium and others arguing to constrain individual and...

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