Repairing the growth layer of democracy by
making the invisible visible.
Cambium Institute produces research that makes visible how concentrated wealth systematically captures the rules that govern our economy and democracy. We synthesize existing scholarship into frameworks that citizens, journalists, reformers, and policymakers can use. We're actively seeking input from people who see these dynamics in their own domains.
Excellent scholarship already exists on campaign finance, regulatory capture, tax policy, and media consolidation. What's often missing is synthesis: connecting these separate domains into a coherent picture of how wealth escapes accountability. Shared frameworks enable coordination that isolated efforts cannot achieve. When reformers across domains can name the same underlying machinery, restoring accountability becomes possible at a different scale.
Our research is evidence-based, drawing on peer-reviewed academic work, government data, and investigative journalism. We take no position on partisan politics. Our analysis applies regardless of which party holds power. The mechanisms we document have operated across administrations for decades.
Cambium Institute was founded by Jason Davis, who brings two decades of executive experience across healthcare, retail, and financial services. This background provides practical insight into how policy decisions made in Washington translate into corporate behavior, and how that behavior affects ordinary Americans. This work is early-stage, and we're actively seeking collaborators who can pressure-test these frameworks against their own experience and expertise.
The goal is building durable infrastructure for restoring accountability to democratic governance. The white paper is one artifact in that effort. We're currently in a listening phase: connecting with people who see these dynamics in their own domains, identifying what's missing from existing reform efforts, and exploring what coordination would actually require. If this resonates, we want to hear what it clarifies, where it falls short, and whether you want to be part of what comes next.
At its core, this work is about how a system that rewards concentrated wealth over work corrodes democratic governance.
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Addressing a system that rewards concentrated wealth over work