Measuring Real Wealth
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Don’t Laugh: The UN’s First International Happiness Day is Serious Business
by Frances Moore Lappéposted Mar 20, 2013 - Frances Moore Lappé on how countries and cities around the world, from Bhutan to Boston, are measuring well-being beyond GDP.
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Manifesto for a Post-Growth Economy
by James Gustave Spethposted Sep 19, 2012 - What single change stands to give Americans more free time, healthier ecosystems, and more meaningful jobs?
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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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A Vision of America the Possible
by Gus Spethposted May 08, 2012 - Gus Speth imagines a compelling vision of a better, happier country—and how to make it possible.
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The UN Embraces the Economics of Happiness
by Laura Musikanskiposted Apr 12, 2012 - Leaders from around the world want well-being—not gross national product—to guide our economic decisions.
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Why Leaving Goldman Sachs Breaks the Rules of the Game
by Elizabeth Dotyposted Mar 23, 2012 - Defector Greg Smith has been called dishonest, unprofessional, and self-serving. But what might he be telling us about how to do business responsibly?
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Beyond Debt: An Economy of Gratitude
by Charles Eisensteinposted Mar 12, 2012 - Charles Eisenstein reviews David Graeber’s book, Debt: The First 5,000 Years.
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California’s New Triple Bottom Line
by Sven Eberlein, Debra Baidaposted Feb 09, 2012 - Best in the world? Try best FOR the world. The Golden State welcomes a new kind of corporation.
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Beyond the Bubble Economy
by David Kortenposted Feb 02, 2012 - We’ve finally learned that a growing financial sector isn’t the same thing as actual economic improvement. So how can we stimulate the real economy?
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A Tale of Two Cities: Beijing and Detroit
by Helena Norberg-Hodgeposted Jan 26, 2012 - Which symbolizes success, and which disintegration? It may not be what you think.
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Why Own When You Can Share?
posted Jan 11, 2012 - Welcome to the new age of collaborative consumption.
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We (Still) Want Bread, and Roses Too
by John de Graafposted Jan 10, 2012 - The centennial of the famous strike in Lawrence, Mass., reminds us that our fight is about more than economics.
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To Build Community, an Economy of Gifts
by Charles Eisensteinposted Dec 27, 2011 - For a multitude of reasons, we need to need each other.
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The Case for Taxing the Wealthy
posted Nov 28, 2011 - The 1% didn’t get there by themselves. Chuck Collins offers a TED Talk on why the wealthy should pay it forward.
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Time Banking: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
by Edgar Cahnposted Nov 17, 2011 - Why let the availability of money determine the range of the possible? Time banks are taking off, in ways you never expected.
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