Manfred Max-Neef says that we need to live slowly. Everything in life is a matter of choice but all too often we give up the joys of slow living in th...
To help end poverty and give economic help to the poor, Vithal Rajan says we must provide credit to the poor. Such microcredit and commercial credit s...
The current economic model all too often keeps poor people from participating in the global economy. Vithal Rajan explains how poverty means people ar...
Dr Shiva says that biodiversity loss is a threat to the environment and also a threat to the economy and political security. She talks about the threa...
What is a real democracy? Dr Shiva describes the current systems of democracy worldwide as a sham. Representative democracy has been hijacked by an 'e...
Dr Vandana Shiva discusses whether humanity can end poverty and war. She says that certain ideas block our understanding of the impact that we have on...
Tony Colman says a tax on currency trading could generate a global fund to help fight climate change. He defines the Tobin Tax. Named after James Tobi...
Colman discusses how tax can help fund development. Taxation can be used as a means to finance efforts to reduce global poverty. In his view, all coun...
Thom Hartmann believes political lobbying has led to a rise in the power of unelected and unaccountable figures within Western governments. Corporate ...
Thom Hartmann describes what ‘the commons’ means. He defines ‘the commons’ – the commonwealth – as the idea that certain assets should be in public ow...
Thom Hartmann charts the rise of consumerism and the consumer society. After the 9/11 attacks, the US president called on the American people to keep ...
Are human beings good? Thom Hartmann says that the myth that human beings are bad has led to authoritarian and hierarchical systems of government. Hum...