The World Bank, poverty creation and the banality of evil

The World Bank, poverty creation and the banality of evil

The article originally appeared on Truthout on March 25, 2015   This week, the World Bank is convening its 16th annual “Conference on Land and Poverty,” which brings together corporations, governments and civil society groups to ostensibly discuss how...
An ‘Oriki’ for the times: Reflections on wonder and change

An ‘Oriki’ for the times: Reflections on wonder and change

This essay was a talk given by the author at the Economics of Happiness Conference, Portland February 27 – March 1, 2015. Written by: Bayo Akomolafe (PhD). Coordinator, International Alliance for Localization   This past year, on an October afternoon, we carefully...