That’s how it works in Canada. There’s a set amount given to the parent giving birth, then the rest can be split however you want.

For sure. I was suggesting we look at the stock market model as inspiration, not to copy it exactly. I don’t really know what the exact solution would look like. I haven’t thought through this as deeply as Pete probably would have.

Sellers includes the employees. I put it in quotes because it isn’t exactly the same as other buying and selling transactions where the sellers are actively part of the transaction.

Fair in the sense that both the buyer and “sellers” agree on the price.

As long as the price is fair, I don’t see why this should be a problem. It sounds like it should be mathematically equivalent to purchasing a percentage of everyone’s shares. So share value goes down because you’ve essentially “sold” some of it to someone else without changing the absolute number of shares you own.

Regarding #1, it can work the same way that company ownership works now (e.g. when you buy shares on the stock market). I don’t know how they inject money when times get tough but I’ve certainly never given them anything.