Where trade is concerned, one size does not fit all. Andrew Simms argues the case for economic self-sufficiency through localisation
… are right for the different sectors of its economy. By joining either institution … hedge fund crises, and the current US bubble economy, even conservative commentators now …
George Monbiot argues that fair trade is the answer to world poverty. He proposes a radical new system that would also rein in corporate
power and protect labour rights and the environment.
… this period, it also had the fastest-growing economy. Only when these countries had …
With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable.
Greening Cities Dan Box | 1st April 2003 News Sustainable Cities Urbanization China Copenhagen Brazil Population Energy Conservation Community Society Local Economies Community Population Carbon …
War on Iraq is about a lot more than boosting oil companies’ profits. It’s the latest battle in the ongoing war over who gets to control the earth’s remaining energy reserves. By Lutz C Kleveman.
… Arabia: a strategic oil supplier for its economy and a key US ally in the Middle East. … prosecution of the war would be good for the economy.’ Americans currently burn 21 million …
Ladakh is framed by the Karakoram mountains to the north and the Himalayas to the south. Yet even in this remote environment the forces of global consumerism are intruding. Nicola Graydon reports on the locals' inspiring defence of their culture
… on the traditional culture of the global economy. ‘The gap between rich and poor … a good deal of the traditional agricultural economy still remains. But in those areas … experienced by Ladakhi women as the new economy centralises power in the capital …
Free trade. So benign sounding a phrase. A concept whose principles no reasonable person would challenge. Trouble is, free trade as we know it – free trade as it is pushed by those who will mass at Cancun, Mexico, in September – is far from free. Think about it. If it truly was free, would they put sanctions on those who don’t want to participate and use police to violently put down protests by those who oppose it? Free trade is really just a euphemism, like ‘peacekeeping’ or ‘forest management’, that hides a far uglier, more brutal reality. Free trade is a brand – Free Trade™, which sells a repackaged product no one in their right minds would buy if they knew what it really was.
… and committing ecocide, they are ‘growing the economy’, ‘developing natural resources’, … mortgage), you’ve forced them into the wage economy. The same holds true for forcing …
In the 1960s psychologist Stanley Milgram tested a cross section of ordinary Americans to see if they’d administer potentially lethal electric shocks to a mild-mannered little man, sitting in an electric chair. The findings stunned the world.
… about the injustices of the global economy. The participants in Milgram’s tests …
Or Myanmar, depending on which side of the military regime you find yourself. If like the companies below you support the regime, enjoy your visit to Myanmar. If not, please boycott Burma.
… ‘Burmese Way to Socialism’, nationalising the economy, forming a single-party state with the …
Does it annoy you that the earth is being destroyed to benefit a tiny minority? Enough to do something about it? Derrick Jensen invites you to join him on the barricades
… following books The Case Against the Global Economy Edited by Edward Goldsmith and Jerry …
Our sick society and stupid economics are dragging the planet to the edge of apocalypse. Earth’s survival depends on a completely new way of thinking. By Kirkpatrick Sale
… could have been invented than the market economy.’ To put it starkly, that means that …