ABSTRACT
Solidarity’s source is the shared belief that all humans are equal and have identical entitlements: to seek happiness, to have security, to live their lives with dignity, and to have healthy environments. If that is solidarity’s source, solidarity goods themselves are res extra commercium and res publica, outside of markets and in the public domain. They constitute unique kinds of goods that cannot be owned, bought, or sold. In Chapter 8 we discussed how firms could be democratic and nonprofit, and in this chapter we discuss place-based democracy and human rights, which are solidarity goods par excellence.1
