Tag: Gross domestic product

  • People Are Not Disposable

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    Vandana Shiva’s article How Economic Growth Has Become Anti-Life is so “right on” that I’ve posted it in its entirety.  In it she expresses how our obsession with growth has eclipsed our concern for sustainability, justice and human dignity. Limitless growth is the fantasy of economists, businesses and politicians. It is seen as a measure…

  • Cooperatives Responsible for 3% of GDP in New Zealand

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    Scoop Business Independent News reports on the contributions cooperatives make to New Zealand’s economy: Showing a combined annual revenue of $41,129,034,964 for the year 2011-12, the Top 40 cooperatives in New Zealand ranged from Fonterra Cooperative Group and Foodstuffs at the top through Southern Cross Healthcare Society and Mitre10 to Ashburton Trading Society, the Dairy Goat…