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Why the TransPacific Partnership is a Scary Big (Trade) Deal
by Kristen Beifusposted May 08, 2013 - A super-sized NAFTA, the TPP gives foreign corporations privileges that can override domestic laws on environmental health and citizens’ rights. Here’s why we shouldn’t let it pass without a fight.
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Offshore Tax Havens Democratized on “Art Hack” Website
by YES! online staffposted Apr 15, 2013 - Today is April 15, and that means that taxes are due ... at least for most of us. Artist and hacker Paolo Cirio tracked down authors and activists who study tax havens and asked them about the details.
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Arab Spring Breakers: 50,000 Gather in Tunisia to Plan People-Powered Economy
by Signe Predmoreposted Apr 01, 2013 - Tens of thousands of people from around the world gathered in Tunisia last week to talk about creating a fairer world. Here are some of the hottest topics from the panels in Tunis.
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Europe Authorizes “Robin Hood Tax” on Financial Transactions
by Sarah Andersonposted Jan 25, 2013 - Support for the tax on stocks, bonds, and derivatives was so strong among EU finance ministers that it wasn’t even necessary to take a formal vote.
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In EU Parliament, a Landslide Vote for “Robin Hood Tax”
by Sarah Andersonposted Dec 13, 2012 - Eleven countries in Europe hope to raise billions of Euros through a tiny tax on financial speculation. This week, a major vote in the European parliament brings that plan one step closer to becoming reality.
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Can a “Dracula Strategy” Bring Trans-Pacific Partnership into the Sunlight?
by Lori Wallachposted Nov 21, 2012 - A highly secretive trade agreement aims to penalize countries that protect workers, consumers, and the environment. Luckily, the growing opposition goes beyond the usual trade justice suspects.
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Alta Gracia Clothing Factory Shows New Pathways in Fair Trade
by Peter Dreierposted Nov 15, 2012 - For years, student activists pressured their schools to partner with the Workers Rights Consortium to make sure their college gear was sweatshop-free. Now, they have another choice: a fair-trade clothing manufacturer called Alta Gracia.
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WTO Rules Against Labeling Meat
by Lauren Hardyposted Aug 29, 2012 - Now the U.S. has to gut a law that protects consumers from imported mystery meat—or pay the price.
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Growing Beyond Growth for True Democracy
by J.A. Myersonposted Jul 03, 2012 - When democracy is not determined by economic power, it is possible to imagine alternatives to “growth” and “austerity.”
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Trading in Democracy: Why Rights Are Still For Real People
by Robin Broad, John Cavanaghposted Jun 28, 2012 - International trade deals allow businesses to sue elected governments when corporate interests are threatened abroad. Here’s why you should care.
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Why Is India Still Poor?
by Ashish Kothari, Aseem Shrivastavaposted Jun 18, 2012 - India’s development was supposed to be an economic success story. What we can learn from what actually happened.
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Treaty Like It’s 1999: Connecting the Dots on Trade
by Raj Patelposted May 25, 2012 - From Japan, Raj Patel on the expansion of the Trans-Pacific trade agreement and the homegrown battle to stop it.
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A Fair Trade iPad? How Apple Could Change the Industry's Game
by Heidi Bruceposted May 01, 2012 - This year's public outcry against Apple and Foxconn factory conditions might finally point electronics production in a fairer direction.
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A Plea for Rio+20: Don’t Commodify Nature
by David Kortenposted Apr 24, 2012 - David Korten: Indigenous wisdom reveals a path to the future that does not include a buy-out of the earth’s natural systems.
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A World Bank President We Can Get Behind?
by Robin Broad, John Cavanaghposted Mar 28, 2012 - The candidates for next month’s selection could finally change the game of serving markets over people—and we all might have a role to play.
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