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A Debt Jubilee is the Only Way to Avoid a Depression | Counter Punch
Even before the novel coronavirus appeared, many American families were falling behind on student loans, auto loans, credit cards and other payments. America's debt overhead was pricing its labor and industry out of world markets. A debt crisis was inevitable eventually, but covid-19 has made it…
How Jackson, Mississippi, Imagines a Cooperative Future | Bioneers
Cooperation Jackson is "building a solidarity economy in Jackson, Mississippi, anchored by a network of cooperatives and worker-owned, democratically self-managed enterprises." The group's progressive initiatives help workers in Jackson take ownership of their work and the success of their communities.
Why Universal Basic Income Could Help Us Fight The Next Wave of Economic Shocks
So, a familiar idea has once again returned: that of a universal basic income (or UBI), whereby all of us would be entitled to a regular payment from the state, enough to cover such basics as food and heating.
5 Economists Redefining… Everything. Oh Yes, And They're Women-Forbes
Few economists become household names. Last century, it was John Maynard Keynes or Milton Friedman. Today, Thomas Piketty has become the economists' poster-boy. Yet listen to the buzz, and it is five female economists who deserve our attention. They are revolutionising their field by questioning the meaning of everything from 'value' and 'debt' to 'growth' and 'GDP.'
Hawaii Considers an Explicitly Feminist Plan for COVID-Era Economic Recovery
"The road to economic recovery should not be across women's backs," reads the first sentence of Hawaii's Feminist Economic Recovery Plan. As states put forth dozens of recovery plans that all aim to redress the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Hawaii's remains the first and only that is explicitly "feminist."
Humanities Graduates Are Just As Employable: Do The Sciences Really Lead To More Jobs? | The Guardian
The UK Government Wants More Students to Study Science Subjects – but employers want humanities graduates too. A report by the British Academy, published this year, shows that those taking arts, humanities and social science degrees end up in jobs in eight of the 10 fastest-growing sectors of the economy more often than their Stem graduate counterparts.
New Zealand's Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet | Atlantic
Jacinda Ardern, the 39-year-old prime minister of New Zealand, is forging a path of her own. Her leadership style is one of empathy in a crisis that tempts people to fend for themselves. Her messages are clear, consistent, and somehow simultaneously sobering and soothing. And her approach isn't just resonating with her people on an emotional level. It is also working remarkably well.
The Lesson Americans Never Learn | Annie Lowrey | The Atlantic
America insists on repeating this lesson over and over and over again, never really learning it: No amount of private initiative or donor generosity can or will ever do what the government can. First, individuals, nonprofits, and companies simply don't have the resources to provide public services at scale.
In Game Theory, No Clear Path to Equilibrium | Quanta Magazine
Nash's notion of equilibrium is ubiquitous in economic theory, but a new study shows that it is often impossible to reach efficiently. All games have a Nash equilibrium. But will players be able to reach it?
Barcelona Tells Landlords: Find Tenants Or We Will Rent Your Property As Affordable Housing
Barcelona is deploying an unorthodox strategy in a bid to increase the city's available renting housing by forcing landlords to find tenants or else see their property being redeployed as affordable housing. Last week the city's housing department wrote to 14 companies that collectively own hundreds of empty apartments
Every Single Person Has a Right to Housing | ALEXIS ZANGHI | Jacobin
Building a humane city should start from the premise that every person deserves a decent place to live. And the only way to accomplish that is through collective action, carried out by working-class movements.
The Neoliberal Era Is Ending. What Comes Next? | The Correspondent
Governments will have to accept a more active role in the economy. They must see public services as investments rather than liabilities, and look for ways to make labour markets less insecure. Redistribution will again be on the agenda; the privileges of the elderly and wealthy in question. Policies until recently considered eccentric, such as basic income and wealth taxes, will have to be in the mix.
Thirty Glorious Years: Postwar Prosperity Depended On A Truce Between Capitalist Growth And Democratic Fairness. Is It Possible To Get It Back?
With the end of the Second World War, the economies of western Europe and North America began a period of spectacular growth. Between 1950 and 1973 GDP doubled or more. This prosperity was broadly shared, with consistent growth in living standards for rich and poor alike and the emergence of a broad middle class. The French call it les trente glorieuses – the 30 glorious years – while the Italians describe it as il miracolo economico.
After The Pandemic, A Revolution In Education And Work Awaits.
The reason the post-pandemic era will be so destructive and creative is that never have more people had access to so many cheap tools of innovation, never have more people had access to high-powered, inexpensive computing, never have more people had access to such cheap credit — virtually free money — to invent new products and services, all as so many big health, social, environmental and economic problems need solving.
Sustainability As A Learning Journey: Pilgrims And Apprentices
Sustainability is not a fixed state that can be achieved and then maintained forever after. Sustainability is a dynamic process of co-evolution and a community-based process of continuous conversation and learning how to participate appropriately in the constantly transforming life-sustaining processes that we are part of and that our future depends upon…
What an Anti-Racist Business Strategy Looks Like | Havard Business Review
It's increasingly clear to many that our systems are – problematically – performing the way they were designed to. We must choose to create anti-racist systems in our companies and communities instead. We need action plans and perseverance, across sectors, to turn this moment into a lasting movement.