Building Community by Buying Nothing
“It’s like a radical new economy, except of course it’s an old economy that has been around forever.”
Economy
There’s More to the American Jobs Plan Than Jobs
Biden’s infrastructure plans promise not just to boost the economy, but to fundamentally redefine the role of government.
Support for Families Needs to Be Permanent
The American Rescue Plan offers a lot of fixes to long-term issues affecting American families. That’s why they shouldn’t be allowed to expire in a year.
Tribes Revive Traditional Hemp Economies
A post-petroleum transition plan.
Three Cities Switching To Life-Affirming Economies
“Doughnut economics” invites nature
and social well-being into urban planning.
What Will It Take to “Build Back Better”?
We’re in a time of global and national crises. President Biden must rise to the task.
8 Black and Indigenous Businesses to Support This Holiday Season
Businesses owned by people of color are particularly vulnerable to the economic impacts of COVID-19. So this year, consider ditching the big corporations and opt for patronizing these small businesses instead.
Biden Needs to Go Big to Rebuild America
There’s an easy way for Biden to help restart the U.S. economy, invest in infrastructure, and repair environmental damage: Revive the Civilian Conservation Corps.
In Global Development, Reasons for Post-COVID Optimism
A post-pandemic world will call for a more activist, community-centered approach to global development.
Out With Predatory Capitalism, In With a “Life Economy”
Prioritizing short-term profits over everything else has created a system that is consuming itself to extinction. Here’s what an economy that valued human life and the planet would look like.
Building a Global Economy That Was Bound to Fail
A former economic hit man describes his part in setting up what he calls a “Death Economy.”
Earth Is Warning Us We Must Change. Will We Listen?
The COVID-19 outbreak is the planet’s way of telling us to do better, both in the environment and in the economy.
Hawai‘i’s Post-COVID Recovery Plan Puts Women First
The Aloha State is working towards establishing a new, more equitable post-pandemic normal for vulnerable communities.
The Secret to Corporate Power
Campaign finance is part of the problem, but have you heard of the “capital strike”?
How to Persuade Americans to Take COVID-19 Seriously
It’s all about the incentives and weighing risks: Staying home has to be more attractive than going out.
A Better World Needs Better Economics
Our current economic paradigm is leading us to a world that nobody wants. To change that, we will have to invent an economics suited to the 21st century.
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