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 moreHow banks work
There’s a lot of confusion about how banks work and where money comes from. Very few members of the public
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 moreDiagrams and dollars (Devin Smith)
A helpful visual representation of money flows between government and private sector. The actual explanation of the thought process can
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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