- Break away from conventional trickle-down economics.
A future-friendly economics is necessary, and possible.Poverty is man-made, and not inevitable.
Produced by a myopic worldview, there is an alternative.
Monthly Archives: August 2015
Living and Working Differently and Self-Optimization
to read the articles by Ulrich Brand and Wilfried Gaum, click on http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/08/272819.php Excessive consumption of natural resources destroys the environment and fuels climate change. The weaker members of society and regions are impacted by this climate change. Far-reaching use … Continue reading
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From the Free Market to the Share Economy
to read the articles by Christoph Lutge and Nils Ole Oermann, click on http://la.indymedia.org/news/2015/08/272711.php In 1970 the economics Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman argued the social responsibility of business was only maximization of its profits. This is not true any … Continue reading
Patients are not Consumers
to read the articles by Hartmut Reibners, Tom Berthold, Sven Giegold and Dierk Hirschel from 6/2015,click http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2015/08/430358.shtml Patients are not Consumers Mainstream economics is always based on the idea of homo oeconomicus, an egoist who maximizes his own advantages. In … Continue reading
Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Shell Oil’s Risky and Reckless Arctic Drilling Plan
Agency gave Shell the stamp of approval to drill in fragile Arctic Ocean, despite threats Interior unlawfully approved Shell’s problem-riddled Arctic drilling plan. In doing this, it has failed the communities and wildlife of this region. Erik Grafe Staff Attorney, … Continue reading
8 PROPOSALS ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS (TNCs) AND HUMAN RIGHTS Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity, www.tni.org June 2015, 7 pp https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/written-contribution-of-the-global-campaign.pdf “…In conformity with the United Nations Charter, the future legally binding international instrument must reaffirm that … Continue reading