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Welcome to your March issue of the ESOP Report. This month we've packed the report with tons of articles and news about ESOPs that you won't want to miss!

Since Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term as President on January 20, our federal go

Washington, DC is a town with a lot of sayings borne from the hard-earned political wisdom one acquires working here. Recently, with the release and withdrawal of the Biden Administration’s ideas of what constitutes Adequate Consideration for ESOPs, two of those sayings come to the top of my mind.

Welcome to your January issue of the ESOP Report. This month we've packed the report with tons of articles and news about ESOPs that you won't want to miss!

For nearly the last decade, the Employee Ownership Foundation has provided the funding necessary to collect data regarding employee ownership as part of the General Social Survey (GSS). This survey, and the data it produces, is considered the gold-standard for data used by academic researchers interested in studying the American population. The data is openly available and has subsequently been used by academics to better understand Americans’ attitudes toward employee ownership and the impact it has on their lives. This new report published by Dr. Joseph Blasi and Dr. Doug Kruse of Rutgers University analyzed the newest release of GSS data and observed the overwhelming and uniquely bi-partisan support for employee ownership across all demographics and citizen profiles.

If you are like me, much of the last three months has been spent thinking about how to best navig

There is plenty of data about wealth inequality, focusing on data alone misses a key point: Wealt

Providing training to employees helps keep their skills sharp and can lead to improved productivi

In some ways, the benefits of having an ESOP are obvious: Tax benefits for S and C corps probably

Employee Ownership Foundation launches new we