Martin Prosperity Insitute

THE INSTITUTE The Martin Prosperity Institute explores the necessary requirements to achieve a prosperous future for all – one in which democracy and capitalism work in support of each other. Housed at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, our mission is to develop a new understanding of the broader public conversation around shared and sustainable prosperity, an essential piece of democratic capitalism. Led by world leading thinkers Roger Martin, Richard Florida, and our renowned Fellows, our team seeks to create an enduring prosperity for all. We are at a historic inflection point, one that parallels the transition from agrarian feudalism to industrial capitalism. New modes of production are emerging, along with new models of success, new societal divides, and new models of governance. Our existing system is simultaneously teetering – the underpinnings of contemporary democratic capitalism, the very tenets that govern modern society, are increasingly exploited, strained, and unbalanced. If we are to produce shared prosperity, a positive agenda for the next stage of democratic capitalism is required.