Introduction

[Michael Harrington <mharrington@milken-inst.org>]

My name is Michael Harrington and I am a political economist in the Capital
Studies research division at the Milken Institute (a public policy
thinktank) in Santa Monica, CA. My area of research is democratization of
capital ownership and access to credit. I recently completed the first draft
of a policy brief giving an historical overview of the idea of capital
access and capital ownership in America, from the Jeffersonian ideal to
homesteading to the ESOP. It is tentatively titled, "Democratizing Capital:
An American Tradition." This brief is an introduction to a continuing
research agenda on the economic, political and social effects of broadening
equity ownership. 

Michael Harrington, Ph.D.
The Milken Institute
mharrington@milken-inst.org
(310) 998-2699