Life and Debt (Stephanie Black)
Jamaica in the 1970s: Govt. investments in development (health, education, housing, agriculture). Imagine a well-running hospital, educated personnel, well-equipped, affordable.
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Regional currency system
The Chiemgauer is a regional currency that has seen a boom during the global financial crisis.
Read moreMeasuring quality not quantity (Hazel Henderson)
Hazel Henderson discusses the need to abandon GNP as an indicator, as it entirely misses the mark and does not measure
Read moreTechnological Disobedience in Cuba (Ernesto Oroza)
In 1991, Cuba’s economy began to implode. “The Special Period in the Time of Peace” was the government’s euphemism for
Read moreSustainable Systems (Donella Meadows)
Lecture from Donella Meadows on sustainable systems, which integrates ecological and equity concerns. In this talk, she refers to the
Read moreGlobal Wealth Inequality (Grain Media)
An animated infographic on wealth distribution and wealth transfer in the world (here are others: Record inequality between rich and poor
Read moreUnreliable GDP stats lead to misguided ‘evidence-based’ policies (Morten Jerven)
There has been a lot of discussion about the viability of GDP as a measure of development (see The Genuine
Read moreConversation with Economist David Korten on When Corporations Rule the World
David Korten is an economist, author, and former Professor of the Harvard Business School. His political activism has made him
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