Path to a New Economy
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Any economic rescue program must result in systemic change that doesn’t replicate the current mistakes. These YES! articles point the way to the kind of economy that will truly serve people and communities.
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 Out of the Ashes of GM: the Phoenix of Green Energy America now owns a car company. To put it to good use—building green energy vehicles and devices—we just need to own a bank, says Ellen Brown. |
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 Too Big to Fail is Too Big Senator Bernie Sanders famously said that if a bank "is too big to fail, it probably is too big to exist." That should be a watchword slogan of any effort to fix the financial system, says David Korten. |
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 Revive Lincoln’s Monetary Policy Ellen Brown says the fate of our economy and the nation itself may depend on how well President Obama understands Lincoln’s monetary breakthrough. |
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 A Plea to President Obama: Don't Bankrupt America by Sarah van Gelder President Obama's massive giveaway to Wall Street threatens to undermine the agenda that got him elected. Here are some first steps needed to change course. |
 Icelanders to the Promised Land "We have a very uncertain feeling about the future. At the same time, there is power in all the political debate … and people are speaking up." |
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 How Cash-Starved States Can Create Credit Ellen Brown outlines how states can follow North Dakota's lead and solve the solvency problem. |
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 Don't Fix Wall Street, Replace It "Let Wall Street corporations and their phantom wealth machine slip into the abyss… Devote our public resources to building and strengthening Main Street and creating real wealth." |
 Agenda for a New Economy David Korten’s new book outlines an agenda to bring into being a new economy—locally based, community oriented, and devoted to creating a better life for all. In this excerpt Korten offers a version of the economic address to the nation he wishes Barack Obama were able to deliver. |
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 A Radical Plan for Funding a New Deal Ellen Brown explores the option of buyouts, not bailouts, and lists 3 Ways to Fund the “New” New Deal. |
 The Obama Economic Stimulus Will it Take Us Where We Need to Go? asks Sarah van Gelder. |
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 Beyond the Bailout The financial crisis creates an opportune moment for deep change, says David Korten. He spells out 4 steps to get us on the right track. |
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 Plan for Recovery The Institute for Policy Studies lays out a program to address the root causes of our financial collapse and restore trust and confidence in our economic system. |
 They Stood Up to the Banks American populists stood up, and the bailout package went down. |
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 Finance to Serve the Economy Leslie Christian reminds us to stay calm and not act from fear and panic. |
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 Main Street Before Wall Street David Korten urges a solution that benefits Main Street rather than Wall Street. |
 What to Do with Your Money During Tough Times How will you get through the difficult economic times ahead? Here’s how to shop, where to bank, and how to save and invest to help you weather the storm. |
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 5 Ways to Get Freedom (from Corporate Power) Save money, help the environment, and get away from corporations. |
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 7 Ways to Break Free of the Corporate Economy Has the cash economy swallowed up your life? Here are some ways to extract some of your time and "life energy" from the cash economy. Also see 10 Ways to a Human-Scale Economy, our photo-essay of great innovations that prove change is not only possible, but underway. |
 Living Wealth: Better Than Money If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. This requires building economies with heart. |
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 Independence from the Corporate Global Economy The old story says we have to depend on big corporations. The new story tells us we can earn a livelihood, gain freedom, and build community through cooperation. |
 Portrait of a Perfect Economic Storm Climate change, financial meltdown, and peak oil will devastate those segments of the economy dependent on oil subsidies and stable global supply lines. These are no longer future issues. A dramatic restructuring of the way we live, including a return to local food and energy self-reliance, has become an imperative. |
 Financing Hope These credit unions invest in their members and stand by them, even in hard times. And the members, in turn, stand by their communities. |
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 Beyond Greed and Scarcity Sarah van Gelder talks to money system guru Bernard Lietaer about the possibilities for a new kind of currency better suited to building community and sustainability. |
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lotto. (2009, July 09). Path to a New Economy. Retrieved July 29, 2010, from YES! Magazine Web site: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/path-to-a-new-economy/path-to-a-new-economy.
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