Jim Bonham, president and CEO of The ESOP Association, provided his perspective on ESOPs, employee ownership, and public policy developments affecting them at the Mid-Year Fellows Workshop in Honor of Louis O. Kelso.

There is new evidence that ESOPs can be a powerful mechanism for addressing wealth inequality in America.

It’s no surprise that Americans disagree about a lot of things….

Just try getting consensus on a group of people’s preference for cats or dogs, pie flavors or person most likely to take the Iron Throne in Game of Thrones. Close to impossible.

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