... redistribution of land, and the shutting down of economic activity for a year. For any society to periodically shut down and radically restructure financial accounts and property rights every few years would be impossibly disruptive. The enforcement of such narrowly defined prescriptions in complex, densely...

..., national reforms are within reach but by no means guaranteed without a final push from communities of faith. While some states have successfully reformed or eliminated abusive payday lending practices, until recently, the financial power of the payday industry has made progress in regulating payday...

...Trond Viken/Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs What would it be like if global financial institutions followed Bhutan’s lead in prioritizing Gross National Happiness? Here, Bhutan’s prime minister meets with Norway’s minister of international development to discuss efforts to increase happiness...

... Town weakness. Hall/Tea Party/9-12 Movement and other criticisms Moore also contends that the financial crisis was the result of of increased government intrusions in our daily lives. Apoliticians common protecting the corporate managers who bankroll themeG from the Left...

... ruled by financial markets, global corporations, and economic theories devoted to increas­ ing consumption while rolling back real wages and benefits for working people to make money for the richest among us. David Korten, author o/When Corporations Rule the World and The Great Turning...

... that serves well the short-term interests of a financial oligarchy. Once immersed in this culture, society lost sight of that on which our true health and happiness depends. Of our many influential cultural narratives, the most important are those that define what we hold to be sacred [entitled...

... educational opportunity for children? How does one compare the relative social return of an investment in the Red Cross with one in the Salvation Army? In the business world, financial investors have a common language and sophisticated research tools to assess relative financial returns. In the philanthropic...

... ranked tenth in the world. nationA has championed and cannot reverse. The quality of its high school graduates is now ranked twentieth or The near collapse of the global financial system and the onset of worse on worldwide math and reading assessment tests. a worldwide recession may...

.... The only true beneficiaries of our current collective order are a small group of very rich investors who reap the financial gains generated by large corporations. They are positioned to benefit financially from every economic...

... production required more and more people to join the labor force, the production of financial products requires more and more forms of indebtedness. Consider a simple example: General Electric used to make light bulbs and washing machines. It still does, but now the corporation’s GE Capital branch (which...

...David Korten Copyright © Tikkun magazine 2011 T he proponents of individual greed have created a global economy headed for terminal collapse. Our financial systems are gyrating out of control beyond human accountability, extreme inequality is tearing apart the social fabric, Earth’s...

.... But, in spite of the country’s financial crisis, there is a solution quietly thriving in northern Spain — a solution that has nothing to do with austerity. Sixty years ago, the Basque region was the poorest area of Spain. Today, thanks to the cooperative culture, it is the wealthiest. The dramatic...

...-negotiable ecological requirem ent. The real bottom line is not financial profit but survival. New ice age...

... money? Where were all those people? Nobody in power on either side was ultimately arguing on the basis of principles. The issue was decided on the basis of financial expediency, and everyone could agree on that. Newsart/Jim Meehan With so many politicians pledging allegiance to corporate...