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Summer Newsletter: Health and Investing

In this edition, we explore what accountability could look like from a number of different angles

Sonia Sarkar
Proxonomics Newsletter JulyProxonomics Newsletter July
The Next Fight for New York City: Who Controls the Money?

Making Mamdani’s vision governable through community control over public capital

Ayushi Vig
The Next Fight for New York City: Who Controls the Money?The Next Fight for New York City: Who Controls the Money?
The Long History of Community-Controlled Capital in the United States

Participatory investing isn’t new. For many, community-controlled capital was often the only source of wealth

Haleema Shah and Ben Wrobel
The Long History of Community-Controlled Capital in the United StatesThe Long History of Community-Controlled Capital in the United States
Should Health Conversion Foundations Set the Bar on Community Voice?

With their unique mission, some are pushing conversion foundations to set a standard for investing their $40 billion in assets

Sonia Sarkar
Should Health Conversion Foundations Set the Bar on Community Voice?Should Health Conversion Foundations Set the Bar on Community Voice?
Welcome to Proximate Investing

Exploring the emerging field of community-controlled capital in the United States

Proximate
Welcome to Proximate InvestingWelcome to Proximate Investing
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