Category: New Economy

  • Notional Savings Accounts

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    I have to apologize for reposting whole articles today.  I’m too busy to condense them at this time, but do want to share some of the interesting ideas out there that I think my readers will enjoy. Pascal Emmanuel Gobry …Forced savings are a popular idea on the right, the center-left and among academic economists,…

  • Japanese Cooperatives Play Role in Fukushima Cleanup

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    Reposted from foodtank: Cooperatives are the backbone for Japan’s rural economy through their presence in agriculture, fisheries, and even forestry. From rural to urban, farmer to consumer, and junior to elderly, cooperatives play a critical role throughout the Japanese economy. Since 1900, the Japan Agriculture Cooperative Group has been present in every village and nearly 100 percent…

  • Live Video Event with Charles Eisenstein: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible

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    Wednesday, January 15th, 5pm PST (view other time zones) Can individual acts of courage and kindness change a culture’s guiding narrative of a doomed planetary crisis? Join visionary Charles Eisenstein in a conversation about a radically different understanding of cause and effect, sounding a clarion call to surrender our old worldview of separation, so that we…

  • Sacred Economics

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    A reader recommended I look into the book Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein.  I checked out his website and was completely blown away by this short film. The book is also available on-line.  You can find it here.

  • Pope Francis’ Criticism of Capitalism Has Long History in Catholic Church

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    Like so many others, I am taken with our new Pope and agree wholeheartedly with his criticism of capitalism and globalization.  After all, that message is the foundation of this site.  I was thrilled, therefore, when I came across the following article by Walter G. Moss in George Mason University’s History News Network because it mirrors…

  • Action Alert

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    Fast Track to Disaster The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a global trade agreement being secretly negotiated by 600 multinational corporations and industry trade groups, will affect nearly every aspect of Americans’ lives. If passed, it will undermine state, local and federal laws, including those governing food safety, environmental protection, internet freedom, worker rights, democratic sovereignty, healthcare and…

  • Robert Shiller on Income Inequality

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    Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management‘s International Center for Finance.  Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) since 1980, was Vice President of the American Economic Association in 2005, and President of the Eastern…

  • Islamabad Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI) Promotes Organic Farming

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    I’ve really come to admire the women of India and Pakistan.  Contrary to Western stereotypes, many Indian and Pakistani women are engaged and active in all spheres of society and are fighting for better standards of living for themselves and their communities.  In this Business Recorder article, Parvez Jabri spotlights the push toward organic farming…

  • Shut Up and Listen – Cont’d.

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    Peasant communities all over the world are beginning to realize that, although intensive agriculture might boost crop yields in the short term with seemingly little effort, in the long term it pollutes water sources and depletes the soil.  Many have decided to abandon intensive agriculture and revert to the traditional farming practices used by their ancestors for…

  • VEGGIE cooperative established to mitigate effects of BP oil spill on Vietnamese community in New Orleans

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    VEGGI Farmer’s Cooperative is comprised of local farmers and fisherfolk dedicated to providing the highest quality local produce and seafood to the Greater New Orleans area and beyond. VEGGI Farmers Cooperative was established following the effects of the BP oil spill on the Vietnamese community in New Orleans. With many community members losing their jobs…