There is an alternative to maximizing profits (tags)
In a new encyclical, the Pope denounces the pursuit of profit. The Sonntagszeitung spoke about this with the business ethicist Peter Ulrich. He defends the Holy Father, criticizes the managers and calls for economy for fifth graders..Financial products seek to make money out of money, without the inconvenient real economy.
Promote Public Housing! (tags)
A basic principle of the market economy is that the market only reacts to solvent demand, not to needs. If a need is not reflected in a solvent demand, the market simply does not react. The supply side expansion of affordable housing is key, not subject promotion.
BTL:Legalization: An Alternative to the Costly, Failed U.S. War on Drugs (tags)
Interview with Terry Nelson, retired U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
BTL:Legalization, An Alternative to the Costly, Failed U.S. War on Drugs (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES - A four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcast Award for Best Feature in the non-commercial category, this syndicated, half-hour program provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or marginalized by the mainstream media. Between the Lines covers a wide range of political, economic and social topics.
An Alternative to Capitalism? (tags)
"Have we become gluttons for punishment? My college professor once said, We can get used to hanging if we live long enough!"
Social capital has dangerously disappeared in the last years and decades. In the whole economy, there should be more cooperation and less competition, more sustainability and less monetary striving for gain. One cannot solve problems with the same thinking that caused the problems,
The Bank of the South: An Alternative to IMF and World Bank Dominance (tags)
Latin America's alternative to the IMF and World Bank
An Alternative to Los Angeles Metro's Fare Hikes (tags)
A proposal regarding how the mass transit system in Los Angeles can be significantly improved without drastically raising fares, as the MTA is currently proposing.
Towards Abolition of the Death Penalty (tags)
Professor Michael Radelet from the University of Colorado-Boulder presented the keynote address at the IADP event. Professor Radelet is co author of In Spite of Innocence and has been a consultant to the Illinois Governor's Commission on Death Penalty Moratorium, among many other contributions to the movement to abolish the death penalty.
An Alternative to Anti-War Foolishness (tags)
While I have some specific suggestions, which I'll make below, it is my opinion that solving this problem - how to oppose the war successfully - is what September 29/30th should be about. The movement should find a solution the upcoming war that is both practical and moral, and it should start the business of political mobilization around that idea.
There's An Alternative - Green Party & Nader (tags)
Direct Democracy: An Alternative to Electoral Misrepresentation (tags)
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