Nathan Schneider

Nathan Schneider is a journalist and assistant professor in media studies. He is the author, most recently of Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition That Is Shaping the Next Economy. His current project is an exploration of models for democratic ownership and governance for online platforms and protocols. He is founder of the Media Enterprise Design Lab.

The Wrong Lesson

The Wrong Lesson The Wrong Lesson

Returning to “business as usual” on US campuses is not only a medical danger but also poor pedagogy.

Sep 9, 2020 / StudentNation / Nathan Schneider

Cooperative Ownership: A Covid Recovery Strategy

Cooperative Ownership: A Covid Recovery Strategy Cooperative Ownership: A Covid Recovery Strategy

We all have a stake in crisis relief and a just recovery. We should get dividends, too.

Jul 7, 2020 / Nathan Schneider

New Belgium Brewing

Fighting Capitalism With Capitalism Fighting Capitalism With Capitalism

What if employee-owned businesses were the key to a healthier, more humane economy?

Aug 8, 2019 / Nathan Schneider

Truman Rural Telephone Program

The Green New Deal Could Dramatically Expand Economic Democracy The Green New Deal Could Dramatically Expand Economic Democracy

We can accomplish great things by putting ordinary people in control.

Feb 15, 2019 / Nathan Schneider

Zuckerberg Facebook

Antitrust For The Many, Not The Few Antitrust For The Many, Not The Few

Somebody needs to challenge Facebook's outsized power over the media. It should be a cooperative association, not another unaccountable behemoth.

Nov 20, 2018 / Nathan Schneider

Economic Democracy and the Billion-Dollar Co-op

Economic Democracy and the Billion-Dollar Co-op Economic Democracy and the Billion-Dollar Co-op

Is our energy grid a sleeping giant of collective ownership?

May 8, 2017 / Feature / Nathan Schneider

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Letters From the November 21, 2016, Issue Letters From the November 21, 2016, Issue

State of denial… Platform fetishism?…  Breath of fresh air…  Drive the vote…

Nov 3, 2016 / Our Readers and Nathan Schneider

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The Rise of a Cooperatively Owned Internet The Rise of a Cooperatively Owned Internet

Platform cooperativism gets a boost.

Oct 13, 2016 / Nathan Schneider

Green Taxi Denver

Denver Taxi Drivers Are Turning Uber’s Disruption on Its Head Denver Taxi Drivers Are Turning Uber’s Disruption on Its Head

In the bitter feud between tech firms and the taxi industry, drivers fight back with a killer app of their own: cooperative ownership.

Sep 7, 2016 / Nathan Schneider

Classics of Catholic Economics

Classics of Catholic Economics Classics of Catholic Economics

In this issue, Nathan Schneider writes about Pope Francis’s economics. Here, he recommends five books of Catholic thought that display strikingly similar concerns to those of secul…

Sep 10, 2015 / Nathan Schneider

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