A satirical investigation of how high-status investors can move markets, profit from panic and rebound, and why proxy democracy offers counterpower.

Empowerment by Proxy™ is a research-stage institutional design for democratic capitalism. It asks whether investors who retain full economic ownership of their securities could voluntarily delegate a narrow, revocable portion of shareholder voting authority into a worker-governed stewardship process, while a registered investment adviser preserves client-specific fiduciary review and the custodian preserves control of the assets and market plumbing.