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Thomas Friedman, the influential columnist for the NY Times and author (most recently) of the best-selling book The World Is Flat provides a ringing endorsement for broader employee ownership.

The April 8 issue of Time features a story titled "We're All the Boss," highlighting how "giving workers stock helps a firm only if it also gives them a say." The story reflects NCEO research on the impact of employee ownership on employee and corporate success with employee ownership.

The NCEO is conducting a survey of private, non-ESOP companies that grant equity to employees, as well as a separate survey of venture capital and other investor groups in these companies.

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The UK is celebrating its fourth Employee Ownership Day today, July 1. Events around the country include celebrations by employee-owned companies and public events to raise awareness.

The Employee Plans subgroup of the IRS Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT) is conducting its 2015/2016 project on the IRS's decision to eliminate most determination letters for individually designed plans.

Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Commerce & Economic Development held hearings on April 2 to hear testimony about employee ownership. The city of Philadelphia has a dozen employee-owned companies, such as McKean Defense, Urban Engineers, and Crown Cork & Seal.

Can an ESOP company be too successful? Gregg Kelly of Orthodyne Electronics isn't complaining about how well his company's ESOP has performed, but he does worry that some employees will leave to take advantage of the huge run-up in their stock.

It's purely unscientific, but here is what I saw as the top 10 developments of the year:

According to a new IRS analysis of wealth holdings, the top 47,000 families in the U.S. (those with over $20 million in assets) owned $1.196 trillion in public and private corporate equity.