# Antidote to Autocracy Exploring the Nature of Value in a World Gone Mad Page: Feed: --- ## [A Timely Follow-up For You! Authoritarianism and Investor Risk, Redux](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/a-timely-follow-up-for-you-authoritarianism) _2026-07-21 · Jed Emerson_ On considering two parts of a whole: Business and Investor Risk ## [Investing in America: A new offering from Antony Bugg-Levine](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/investing-in-america-a-new-offering) _2026-06-29 · Jed Emerson_ A Modest Review and Positive Shout Out! ## [Making sense of today's diverse media options and audience segmentation](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-todays-diverse-media) _2026-06-11 · Jed Emerson_ (Okay, so. not the most sexy click bait, but we call it like we see it!!) ## [Join a Conversation on Authoritarianism as Investor Risk!](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/join-a-conversation-on-authoritarianism) _2026-06-03 · Jed Emerson_ More good to come! ## [Post #25: Fuel for Freedom: Capital, Community, and the Work Ahead](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/post-25-fuel-for-freedom-capital) _2026-03-27 · Jed Emerson_ A Concluding Digest of Key Ideas, Tools, and Actions from the AtA Series ## [Post #24: Onward! Impact Driven Organizations and the Challenge of Autocracy](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/post-24-impact-driven-organizations) _2026-03-24 · Jed Emerson_ Impact is in our Name--Let's get cracking! ## [Bonus Post: Institutional Drift, Fiduciary Duty, and the Evolution of Courageous Capital](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/bonus-post-institutional-drift-fiduciary) _2026-03-20 · Jed Emerson_ This post is co-authored by Isabel Huther and Jed Emerson ## [Post #23: Impact in Action: Capital Innovation as Democratic Renewal](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/post-23-capital-innovation-as-democratic) _2026-03-17 · Jed Emerson_ How Shared Ownership, Economic Democracy, and Inclusive Capital Counter our American Authoritarian drift ## [Post #22: Which of These is Not Like the Other? On an Aspiring King’s Accounts, Baby Bonds and IDAs](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/post-22-on-the-aspiring-kings-accounts) _2026-03-12 · Jed Emerson_ Teasing out the differences between capital innovation and capitalism’s defense ## [Post #21: Refuge From Autocracy?](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/post-21-refuge-from-autocracy) _2026-03-10 · Jed Emerson_ Refugee Lens Investing in the Antidote to Autocracy Toolkit ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pixX6fTEdDR9) _2026-03-10 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [#20 Organizations in Action: Mainstream](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/15-purpose-driven-organizations-in) _2026-03-06 · Jed Emerson_ Organizational Opportunities to Fight Our Emergent American Authoritarianism ## [Bonus Post: Wanna Be a Foundation Defending Democracy? Move Your Money, Then Move Your Mouth!](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/bonus-post-wanna-defend-democracy) _2026-03-03 · Jed Emerson_ Digging Deeper: Moving from 5% Philanthropic Teaspoons to 100% Steam Shovel Justice ## [#19: Three Areas of Foundation Strategy, Six Types of Foundation Action and Four Ways to Raise the Bar in the Future](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/19-three-areas-of-strategic-philanthropic) _2026-02-27 · Jed Emerson_ Maybe we can't grant our way out of autocracy, but we can certainly ramp up our philanthropic response through renewed activity and engagement ## [#18: If Not To Act, Why Does Philanthropy Exist?](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/18-should-philanthropy-exist-seven) _2026-02-24 · Jed Emerson_ Seven Critical Questions for Foundations in this Moment ## [#17: Our Mainstream Response to This Moment: Learning from Minnesota, Acting in Community (Part Two)](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/17-our-mainstream-response-to-authoritarianism) _2026-02-20 · Jed Emerson_ Options for a State and Community level response to these times ## [#16: Our Mainstream Response to this Moment (Part One)](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/13-reflecting-on-a-mainstream-response) _2026-02-16 · Jed Emerson_ Acting in alignment with our history of positive, ethical action ## [Bonus Post: A brief word from our sponsor...](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/connecting-to-confront-the-rise-of) _2026-02-13 · Jed Emerson_ Regarding the value of affirming the links between Self and Other ## [#15: Five Questions to Ask Yourself As You Prepare for Individual Action in the Face of American Authoritarianism](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/14-a-final-reflection-on-individual) _2026-02-06 · Jed Emerson_ A Summary of Questions to Consider as Personal Challenge and Reflection ## [Bonus Post: Get Ready to Get Out the Vote!](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/bonus-post-get-ready-to-get-out-the) _2026-02-06 · Jed Emerson_ A recent Editorial from the Times gives good guidance regarding the Mid Terms ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yKFYkw6mzl93) _2026-02-06 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [#14: Seven Considerations, Historic Examples of Ethical Action and the Dilly Dally Dilemma](https://blendedvalue.substack.com/p/14-on-individual-action-to-face-the) _2026-02-03 · Jed Emerson_ Social Change Begins at Home!