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Will the Poor Always Be With Us?

April 17, 2017 by Local Futures No Comments

Is poverty an essential feature of all human societies, or is it largely a product of our current, particular form of 'civilization'?

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The Sharing Economy: It Takes More than a Smartphone

February 28, 2017 by Local Futures No Comments

By Steven Gorelick; originally published on the Economics of Happiness Blog at http://www.localfutures.org/sharing-economy-takes-more-than-smartphone/.

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Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries

January 18, 2017 by Jason 1 Comment

The story holds that the rich nations of the OECD give generously of their wealth to the poorer nations of the global south, to help them eradicate poverty and push them up the development ladder. This story is so widely propagated by the aid industry and the governments of the...

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The Solidarity economy

January 17, 2017 by Robert Raymond No Comments

In the face of social & ecological peril, there’s a movement that continues to build & resist. This podcast will take you into the heart of it.

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Psychedelics and the Fight for Cognitive Freedom: On Horizons 2016

January 12, 2017 by Guest 1 Comment

They’ll say it was the year of consensus. The year it all began to come together. This year’s Horizons:...

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The great lie of living on a dead planet

June 22, 2016 by Joe Brewer 9 Comments

The biggest lies hide right out in the open. They are so pervasive that we simply do not have eyes to see them. Our brains are hardwired for novelty and difference — so we filter out common things like the nose that is always in our line of sight. No one has...

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How the west destroyed the global south’s best shot at development

April 18, 2016 by Jason No Comments

When it comes to international affairs, western politicians love to celebrate their devotion to development. In her flagship speech on development as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton offered stories about US aid transforming the lives of poor people in Indonesia, Nicaragua and South Africa. France’s minister of foreign affairs recently...

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Global inequality may be much worse than we think

April 14, 2016 by Jason 2 Comments

How do we measure inequality? From some angles, things appear to be improving, but from others the situation is getting worse and worse

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What If It’s All Connected? Humanity and the Global Crisis

April 12, 2016 by Joe Brewer No Comments

The 21st Century is a time of great converging challenges—we need to think, feel and act systemically like never before in our history. In reality the threats are all connected, yet we continue to deal with them separately in a piecemeal fashion. This simply will not be good enough.

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In Latin America and Beyond, Another World Is Still Possible

April 11, 2016 by Guest No Comments

For those who witnessed the collapse of Argentina in 2001 with millions of citizens taking to the streets to reject neoliberal policies, the recent presidential victory of right wing business tycoon Mauricio Macri may seem incomprehensible.

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Will the Poor Always Be With Us?

The Sharing Economy: It Takes More than a Smartphone

Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries

The Solidarity economy

Psychedelics and the Fight for Cognitive Freedom: On Horizons 2016

The great lie of living on a dead planet

How the west destroyed the global south’s best shot at development

Global inequality may be much worse than we think

What If It’s All Connected? Humanity and the Global Crisis

In Latin America and Beyond, Another World Is Still Possible

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