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Policies for Shareable Cities
1 SHAREABLE CITIES POLICY PRIMER , a nonprot on a mission to empower everyone to share for a more joyous, resilient, and equitable world. The Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC), a nonpro...
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Drained retirement funds signal acute looming crisis
President Roosevelt signs Social Security Act This really, really needs to be fixed. And soon. The Internal Revenue Service collected $5.7 billion in 2011 from penalties, meaning that Americans took
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Left Third Parties in 2013: The Beginning of the Wave?
The 2013 municipal election contained mixed results for left third party advocates. The two most high profile and exciting campaigns, those of Socialist Alternative's Kshama Sawant and Ty Moore ...
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Man Requests Satanic Prayer Before Town Council Meeting
Just three days after the Supreme Court ruled that sectarian legislative prayer was constitutional in Greece v. Galloway, a man in Deerfield Beach, Florida, requested to open a session of the town ...
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A Decade after the Take: Inside Argentina's Worker Owned Factories
A window into the development of a movement for worker cooperatives in Argentina and its inspiration to workers fighting for dignity and economic equality around the world.
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Ha-Joon Chang: Economics Is A Political Argument
Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at Cambridge University. He is the author of "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism." His new book, "Economics: The User's Guide," will be released on May 1
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Local London Currency Brixton Pound Thrives in Bitcoin's Shadow
Somewhere in South London, an organic grocery store is accepting payment for goods in a currency that is not controlled by the Bank of England, and that is transmitted by text from a cellphone. What
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After the crash, we need a revolution in the way we teach economics
Students who claim that economics courses fail to explain the 2008 crash are gaining support from British business. Here, two Cambridge academics, Ha-Joon Chang and Jonathan Aldred, agree it's time
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A question of trust
FOR decades America has underinvested in infrastructure-even though poor roads, delayed flights, crumbling bridges and inefficient buildings are an expensive burden. Deficiencies in roads, bridges ...
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Republican Says 2014 Will Be Great Because Minorities and Young People Won't
Republican Says 2014 Will Be Great Because Minorities and Young People Won't Vote Nevada Republican Assembly Minority Leader Pat Hickey let his lips get a little too loose on a local talk radio show
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New Economics Institute
New Economics Institute, Cambridge, MA. 4,367 likes · 95 talking about this · 24 were here. The mission of the New Economics Institute is to build a New Economy that prioritizes the well-being of...
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WATCH: Jon Stewart Rips Ted Cruz
September 25, 2013 By Alex Showerman | 0 comments Hate Ted Cruz? Like Universal health care? This Jon Stewart segment has everything a good progressive could ever ask for. WATCH: What part of the ...
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Google Is Launching A Company That Hopes To Cure Death
Google is launching a new company with the absurdly ambitious objective of extending our lives. The company is called "Calico," and it will be run by Arthur Levinson, chairman and ex-CEO of biotech
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I Was Shocked To Hear About One Guy Who Is On Food Stamps...
Things that matter. Pass 'em on.
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U.S. government to sue JPMorgan in mortgage case: sources
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is preparing to sue JPMorgan Chase & Co over mortgage bonds it sold in the run-up to the financial crisis, a sign the bank's legal troubles are not yet over.A
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CDC: "We Will Soon Be In A Post-Antibiotic Era"
In a highly unusual new report, the Centers for Disease Control warned that America is threatened by a wave of new antibiotic-proof germs that could threaten public health, and that overuse of ...
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"Capitalism Works for Me!" Interactive Sign Turns on in Times Square
Artist and activist Steve Lambert's traveling piece Capitalism Works For Me! is a large illuminated sign and a voting podium. You vote "yes" or "no" on whether capitalism works for you and the ...
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State Flush Tax
State "Flush Tax" began January 2005... In 2004, the Maryland Legislature took a major step towards protecting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, when it passed what has become known as "the ...
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Public Option Revisionist History | FDL Action
Thom Hartmann is engaging in some serious revisionist history by trying to claim conservatives are the ones who killed the public option. From his piece in Salon: Hannity himself was blown away and
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Texas Mayor Flees Town Fearing 'Fracking' Effects On Family's Health
Fearing for his children's health, Mayor Calvin Tillman is leaving behind his government position and getting out of Dodge... or rather, Dish. Dish, Texas is a town consisting of 200 residents and ...
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Mondragón and the System Problem
The bankruptcy declaration of Mondrag\u00f3n Corporation's major subsidiary, Fagor Electrodom\u00e9sticos Group, illustrates the need for large-scale cooperatives to go beyond competition in the ...
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New Economic System Needed and Growing: Learn How to Build it in Your Community
Another jobs report is in and it shows continued waddling along in job creation, just enough to keep the unemployment figure stable. The reality is the collapse has cost the nation 3 million jobs a...
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At Estonia's Bank Of Happiness, Kindness Is The Currency
In high-tech Estonia, home of Skype, one group is using the Internet for a different kind of venture: the Bank of Happiness, an online market for good deeds. The concept is that people do nice ...
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Bank of Happiness
Seisuga 28.04 jagunevad Õnnepanga kasutajad järgmiselt: Saksa- (116) ja ingliskeelseid kliente (106) edestavad suurelt eesti kunded, keda on Õnnepanga lehel registreerunud 1949.
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Europe's young and unemployed
View the story "Europe's young and unemployed" on Storify] A 'lost generation' calls the future into question. Storified by The Stream · Thu, Oct 04 2012 10:42:28 Below is a comparison of youth ...