New Economy

The Copenhagen Moment
Dec 08, 2009
Video: Leaders of the climate justice movement on turning the U.N. negotiations in Copenhagen into a true global turning point.
Putting the Science of Happiness Into Practice
by John de Graaf
Dec 06, 2009
Countries around the world are beginning to apply the science of well-being to the decisions they make. News from the 5th International Conference on Gross National Happiness.
4 Quick Ways to Boost Employment
by Dean Baker
Dec 04, 2009
Rights for renters, flexible work schedules, and other ways to create jobs.
Climate and Capitalism in Copenhagen
by Walden Bello
Dec 02, 2009
The climate problem cannot be addressed without addressing capitalism's incessant drive, motivated by the search for profit, to transform living nature into dead commodities.
Looking Backward: Economics and the Cult of Yesterday
by Jonathan Rowe
Dec 01, 2009
GDP and productivity don't measure what's really going on in the economy—or in people's lives. Jonathan Rowe on measuring what matters.
How to Break the Climate Stalemate Between the Global South and the North
by Gopal Dayaneni, Mateo Nube
Dec 01, 2009
Rich and poor countries are in this together. If either fails to step up, the planet is in trouble. A climate deal must take into account the Global North’s responsibility for nearly 70 percent of greenhouse pollution and the Global South’s need to move out of poverty. The North must cut back sharply on emissions while the South leapfrogs over the industrial age to clean-energy prosperity.
Climate Hero Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
by Kate Sheppard
Dec 01, 2009
Green For All organizes minority and low-income communities to press for green jobs and mobilizes their grassroots power into a national force for an inclusive, clean-energy economy.
The "Battle in Seattle" at 10
by Mark Engler
Nov 30, 2009
WTO+10: Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization actually make a difference?
Growing Local: Interview with BALLE's Michelle Long
by Brooke Jarvis
Nov 29, 2009
By working with local businesses, Michelle Long helped make Bellingham, Washington a national leader in urban sustainability. As executive director of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, she's taking her vision to cities around North America.
The WTO and the Myth of Activist Violence
by Rebecca Solnit
Nov 25, 2009
The people who have made our world through direct action have been treated as dangerous, even if they are revered when their radical acts are at a safe distance.
Waking Up to the Dangers of "Free Trade"
by Fran Korten
Nov 25, 2009
WTO+10: When Fran Korten first started warning people about NAFTA, many had never heard of it. But the 1999 protests in Seattle showed that Americans were learning what many in the developing world had known for years: free trade agreements are not just esoteric rules about what goods can cross borders. They are about who rules—corporations or people.
The Meaning of Seattle: Truth Only Becomes True Through Action
by Walden Bello
Nov 25, 2009
WTO+10: Before 1999, the momentum of globalization seemed to sweep everything in front of it, including the truth. But in Seattle, ordinary women and men made truth real with collective action.
Last Mountain Standing: Coal River Valley Residents Fight for Wind Farm
by Jed Grubbs
Nov 24, 2009
The last intact mountain in West Virginia's Coal River Valley is slated for mountaintop removal coal mining. Local residents have other ideas.
Slow Money: Bringing Money Down to Earth
by Brooke Jarvis
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.
Poverty, Global Trade Justice, and the Roots of Terrorism
by John Perkins
Nov 13, 2009
To combat terrorism, we should address the root causes of poverty, says former "economic hit man" John Perkins.