The Changing World Economy
Trust, Faith and Confidence–Value and the Role of Money
Risk, Gambling, and Financialization
Aid: Ending Global Poverty
Forgiveness of Debt and the Creation of Money
Trust, Faith and Confidence–Value and the Role of Money
Risk, Gambling, and Financialization
Aid: Ending Global Poverty
Forgiveness of Debt and the Creation of Money
Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart
David Leonhard, New York Times
Three leading economists provide a dramatic look at the skyrocketing income growth of the 0.01% very rich vs. all other Americans over the past 34 years.
In Order to Understand the Brutality of American Capitalism, You Have to Start on the Plantation
Matthew Desmond, Project 1619 New York Times
The founding of the American economy on a brutal system of slavery clearly demonstrates the interconnections of the particular forms of exploitation which grew out of the colonial mindset. The same greed and indifference to human values appeared across the world, from Leopold’s Congo, to Bolsonaro’s Brazil, to the Middle East today.
Cocoa’s Child Laborers
Matthew Desmond, Peter Whoriskey and Rachel Siegel, Washington Post
Mars, Nestlé and Hershey pledged nearly two decades ago to stop using cocoa harvested by children. Yet much of the chocolate you buy still starts with child labor.
Time to Care
Oxfam Report to the 2020 World Economic Forum
The heavy and unequal responsibility of care work perpetuates gender and economic inequalities. This has to change.
Public Good or Private Wealth
Oxfam Report to the 2019 World Economic Forum
“The gap between rich and poor is pulling us apart. It stops us from beating poverty and achieving equality between women and men. Yet most of our political leaders are failing to reduce this dangerous divide. It does not have to be this way. Inequality is not inevitable – it is a political choice. Concrete steps can be taken to reduce it.”
The Future of Not Working
Annie Lowrey, New York Times
As automation reduces the need for human labor, some Silicon Valley executives thinka universal income will be the answer — and the beta test is happening in Kenya.
Cash, Food and Health Care All Help the Poor, but Something’s Still Missing
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
In a remote village in Paraguay, indigenous people are gaining hope and leaving poverty. The approach would work in rich nations, too.
Ten Humanitarian Crises to Look Out for in 2019
The New Humanitarian
The New Humanitarian predicted these 10 crises and trends would help shape their coverage in 2019. Here’s why they have the editors’ attention, and should demand ours.
Why 2018 Was the Best Year in Human History!
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
There’s plenty to fret about. But a failure to acknowledge global progress can leave people feeling hopeless and ready to give up. In fact, the gains should show us what is possible and spur greater efforts to improve opportunity worldwide.
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