Tag Archives: Economic growth

A global society

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Michaela

The vision of a steady state economy It’s an irony that the Venus Project and Zeitgeist movement split over a fight of money and conflict of interest. It does not matter. One spread information, the other one promoted a way … Continue reading →

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Rich and poor

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Michaela
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Gross National Happiness

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Michaela

‘What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful’ (Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama) By Derek Bok, In a time of tight budgets and financial crisis, politicians look to economic growth as the centrepiece of their domestic policy programmes. Gross … Continue reading →

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Cui bono* ?

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Michaela

By Joseph E Stiglitz Just a few years ago, a powerful ideology – the belief in free and unfettered markets – brought the world to the brink of ruin. Even in its hey-day, from the early 1980s until 2007, US-style … Continue reading →

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The ceiling and the abyss

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Michaela

From the Economist GIDEON RACHMAN had a good thumb-sucker in yesterday’s Financial Times arguing that the current political-economic crises in America and Europe are basically two sides of the same crisis. “In Washington they are arguing about a debt ceiling; … Continue reading →

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Politicians playing poker

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Michaela

SUMMER is at hand in the world’s big financial centres, but the mood is hardly bright. Stock prices have been sliding for weeks in response to gloomy economic news. Factory output has slowed across the globe. Consumers have become more … Continue reading →

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Greed and Growth

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Michaela

by Jeffrey D. Sachs India’s great moral leader Mohandas Gandhi famously said that there is enough on Earth for everybody’s need, but not enough for everybody’s greed. Today, Gandhi’s insight is being put to the test as never before. The … Continue reading →

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