Barter: a new way forward?
A great film about the experience with bartering in Argentina before and after the 2001 crisis. An excellent testimony on the importance of community currencies and the political interests that […]
Banks, money and the vicious circle of debt
I’ve just bumped into this awesome speech given by 12-year Victoria Grant at a recent Public Banking Institute convention. She memorized the whole thing and, although obviously spoonfed, the analysis […]
The Euro-crisis is a crisis of vision: let citizens lead the way to a new Europe
Citizens have been the underdogs of supra-national regionalism. From Europe, to Africa, Asia and Latin America, civil society has largely been on the receiving end of region-building processes. More often […]
Genuine Progress Indicator makes its way… in Vermont (USA)
On the 8th of May 2012, the government of Vermont (USA) has adopted a regulation regarding the introduction of an indicator of genuine progress to replace GDP as the key […]
Gross Domestic “Problem”: are we entering a post GDP era?
The financial crisis has been crunching our economies. Plummeting exports, job losses, falling investment, home foreclosures and skyrocketing deficits (and public debt) are but a few of the most widely […]
Climate change is not about the environment. It is about justice
The current development model, based on the dogma of infinite economic growth, is deeply unsustainable and unjust in at least three different regards. Politically, as it dictates that only a […]
What is the ‘reboot’?
We believe there is a clear connection between climate change, social injustices and economic instability. The Western development model based on economic growth and exploitation of natural resources has always […]
