Introduction

In this essential episode, Jenny discusses stakeholder capitalism with Jasper van Brakel, CEO of RSF Social Finance. This is one of the most important topics of the Denizen inquiry, as it tees up true economic reform where profit is put in service of purpose.

In this conversation Jenny and Jasper cover stakeholder capitalism comprehensively:

• Defining stakeholder capitalism and differentiating between stakeholder economics
• Outlining key ideas from classical economics to neoliberalism to today's shift to stakeholder driven models
• Trends driving stakeholder capitalism
• Metrics and B Corps
• Public Benefit Corps
• Board Representation
• Co-ops
• Employee Trusts
• Perpetual Purpose Trusts
• Foundation Owned Companies
• Capital Constraints
• Philosophical questions

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Resources

Jasper's writings

• Everyone talks about the E and the S, but we need to talk more about the G
• Want to wring impact from ESG? Look to governance
• Momentum gathers for a mission-first business model revolution
• Welcome to the Era of Regenerative Finance

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Jenny's Medium posts

• Accelerating Stakeholder Capitalism
• Taming the Evolutionary Beast
• The Friedman Doctrine, Revisited

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