We’re Hemorrhaging Jobs From the “War Wound” of Defense Spending
The solution to our economic crisis lies in drastically reducing our military budget.
Support Groups for Hard Times
How can Transition Towns and Common Security Clubs help us navigate a changing economy and environment?
Immigration Economics: An Interview with Professor Giovanni Peri
Don’t supply and demand dictate that new immigrants will steal jobs and drive down wages for U.S. citizens? A leading immigration economist explains why not.
The Political Consequences of Stagnation
If the left doesn’t come up with a credible and comprehensive alternative to a focus on reducing the deficit, argues FPIF columnist Walden Bello, the far right might eventually fill the policy vacuum.
Detroit’s Unsustainable Casino Economy
How can we bring back good jobs and sound infrastructure back to the former Motor City?
Street Heat Strengthened Wall Street Reform
A speech delivered at the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, June 25, 2010.
G-20: Forum for International Non-Cooperation?
Obama may be the voice of reason on the immediate need for continued stimulus spending. But if we’re going to get back on a sustainable economic path, we need to take seriously the need for major new revenue sources.
African-American Woman to Head the Institute for Policy Studies for First Time
Longtime Director of Institute Begins Year-long Sabbatical
BP and Sado-Messochism
Have the messes we’ve been making finally reached a point where they can’t be cleaned up?
Author Event: David Korten, ‘Agenda for a New Economy’
Nearly two years after the economic meltdown joblessness and foreclosures are still endemic, Wall Street executives are once again getting massive bonuses, and there doesn’t seem to be the will in Washington to make desperately needed fundamental changes to the economy.
Reining in Wall Street: Round 1
A May 17 rally in Washington, DC brought more than a thousand people into the streets, calling for a “financial speculation tax” as part of a broader financial reform agenda.
How to Top Off a Protest
Audio highlights from a film event on the crime of our time.
Global Activists Coordinate Actions to Tax Speculators
From Australia to Canada, activists are taking to the streets in cities around the world this week to hold the financial sector accountable for the costs of the global crisis.
POSTPONED: Workshop: Economic Worries? Hey, Join the Club!
What’s a Common Security Club? It’s a new way for group leaders and trainers to help congregations and communities help themselves in these troubled economic times.
Film: ‘PLUNDER: The Crime of Our Time’
Danny Schechter (aka “The News Dissector”) explores how the financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity uncovering the connection between the collapse of the housing market and the economic catastrophe that followed.