Isn’t It Time to Challenge the Growth Paradigm?
The planet is running out of resources, and humanity is living beyond its means.
We’ve Used Up Our One-Time-Only Economic Boost From Fossil Fuels
It’s high time to come up with a new model of economic growth and innovation that works for all of us.
Thoughtworks Africa Cocktail Event
A cocktail event to begin IPS’ Foreign Policy In Focus partnership with a tech company that has a progressive, Pan-Africanist, social change agenda.
Economic Crisis Shakes Old Paradigms
As our global economic and ecological crises converge, neither neoliberalism nor Keynesianism can cure what ails us.
The Dawning of GDP’s Hegemony
When the Great Depression hit, Congress lacked any tools with which to accurately measure just how the economy as a whole was faring.
Are ‘African Lions’ Really Roaring?
Patrick Bond makes a stinging critique of the recent report of the African Development Bank that claims that ‘one in three Africans is middle class’ and as a result, Africa is ready for ‘take off’.
Global Green Jobs
Advocates for Green Jobs have been mostly long on enthusiasm and short on specifics. This piece fills in some key blanks.