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The Wall Street economy failed. Fortunately, there are lots of alternatives, old and new.
- Beyond Money
- Financing the new economy.
- Cooperatives
- When the workers are the owners.
- Global Trade Justice
- Doing right by our global neighbors.
- Go Local
- Keeping benefits and accountability close to home.
- Measuring Real Wealth
- There's more to life than GDP.
- Social Investment
- Using our resources to strengthen our communities.
- Work
- Making a living, and a life.
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Slow Money: Bringing Money Down to Earth
by Brooke Jarvisposted Nov 16, 2009 - Is there such a thing as money that's too fast? Slow Money founder Woody Tasch says yes, and he's trying to slow money down by connecting investors to their local economies.
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Poverty, Global Trade Justice, and the Roots of Terrorism
by John Perkinsposted Nov 13, 2009 - To combat terrorism, we should address the root causes of poverty, says former "economic hit man" John Perkins.
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FRESH: A Documentary on Re-Inventing Our Food Systems
posted Nov 11, 2009 - Given the environmental and health consequences of industrial agriculture, what would it look like if we re-invented our food system? The 2009 film FRESH seeks out the farmers, thinkers and businesses people in America who are doing just that.
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NextStep Recycling
posted Nov 11, 2009 - NextStep Recycling saves computers from landfills--providing employment, education outreach and technology access to low-income residents in the process.
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Clash on Investment
by Sarah Andersonposted Nov 04, 2009 - Corporations are fighting for the right to sue over government actions—including health, environment, and other public interest regulations—that diminish the value of an investment.
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The Evergreen Cooperatives
posted Oct 29, 2009 - The Evergreen Cooperatives see themselves as a new model of economic development.
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The Victory of the Commons
by Jay Walljasperposted Oct 27, 2009 - Nobel Prize-winning economist Elinor Ostrom proved that people can—and do—work together to manage commonly held resources without degrading them.
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Path to a Peace Economy
by David Kortenposted Oct 27, 2009 - A persistent pattern of violence against people, community, and nature is inherent in the institutional structure of our existing economy. We can’t resolve our current economic crisis with marginal regulatory adjustments. It is time to rethink and restructure.
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Clean Energy Works: Portland Project a Model for Green Stimulus
by Roger Valdezposted Oct 26, 2009 - In Portland, Recovery Act funds are 'laying the foundation for long-term economic, environmental, and community health.'
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Building Caring Economics: Beyond Capitalism and Socialism
by Riane Eislerposted Oct 15, 2009 - Rather than trying to just patch up a system that isn't working, let's use our economic crisis to work for a system that really meets human needs.
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Building a Solidarity Economy
by Annie McShirasposted Oct 15, 2009 - How can one small childcare cooperative help create an economy founded on teamwork, social justice, and democracy?
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Reviving the Local Economy with Publicly Owned Banks
by Ellen Brownposted Oct 14, 2009 - The Fed may have played all its cards, but state and local governments still hold a few aces: publicly owned banks that could funnel credit where it is needed most, directly into the local economy.
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Companies Abandon Chamber of Commerce Over Climate Change Stance
by Susie Shuttsposted Oct 08, 2009 - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's opposition to addressing climate change is making it very unpopular, even in corporate America.
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5 Benefits of Common Security Clubs
by Chuck Collinsposted Oct 08, 2009 - What can local clubs do about a global financial meltdown? A lot, it turns out.
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The Virtues of Deglobalization
by Walden Belloposted Sep 25, 2009 - What do we do now that neoliberal globalization has failed? Walden Bello outlines 11 pillars of a deglobalized economy.
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The Economics of Happiness
by Saamah Abdallahposted Sep 21, 2009 - In France, a ground-breaking commission of leading economists suggests that nations look beyond GDP.
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The Poor as Customers?
posted Sep 18, 2009 - John Harvey reviews Michael Edwards' Just Another Emperor? The Myths and Realities of Philantrocapitalism
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Green the Block :: Beauty from the Ashes
by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins and Rev. Lennox Yearwoodposted Sep 17, 2009 - To honor the victims of September 11, 2001, urban communities involved in the green jobs movement spent the anniversary of the attacks building stronger communities through service.
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Protecting Local Farms
by Lynn Byczynskiposted Sep 17, 2009 - Small-scale farmers fear that new regulations meant for industrial agriculture will burden them unfairly.
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Trade Your Job
by Valerie Saturenposted Sep 09, 2009 - The old apprenticeship model of learning by doing gets new life as people who’ve been left out of the job market train to meet the growing demand for green-collar workers.
