NEW ECONOMY
A fair economy that works for people and the planet.
In a symbolic decision, democracy trumps capital as Icelanders say "no" to big bank bailouts.
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Richard Wilkinson on Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better An interview with epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, whose research shows that what the healthiest and happiest societies have in common is not that they have more, but that what they have is more equitably shared. |
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Through mutual support and community education, independent businesses are finding ways to promote local economies and even outperform chains. |
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A Little Tax on the Big Casino A financial transactions tax of only one-half of one percent would generate at least $60 billion to $100 billion dollars in the United States alone. |
Radical homemaker Shannon Hayes taught her daughter that their family doesn't buy things they can make or grow at home. She then had to wonder: Does that include higher education? |
Communities are facing their personal debt—while learning why we can no longer fund economic growth by borrowing from future prosperity. |
The Center for Economic and Policy Research estimates that an FTT of only one-half of one percent would generate at least $60 billion to $100 billion dollars in the United States alone.
Posted Mar 09, 2010
In common security clubs around the country, participants wrestle with the questions: What does it mean to live in these “borrowed times?” How do we prepare ourselves and our communities for the economic transitions ahead?
Posted Mar 05, 2010
An interview with epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, whose research shows that what the healthiest and happiest societies have in common is not that they have more, but that what they have is more equitably shared.
Posted Mar 04, 2010
