Economics
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Wealth Inequality in America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6yAIj5F6JA Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of…
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The Self-Hating State
Devolving policy to “the market” doesn’t solve the problem of power. It makes it worse. by George Monbiot In other…
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Healthy Planet and the Law of Ecocide – an Interview with Polly Higgins
The disappearing Amazon rainforest Photo: Cifor Marcin Gerwin: You propose introducing a new international law of ecocide as an amendment…
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The Great Unmentionable
We have offshored both our consumption and our perceptions by George Monbiot Every society has topics it does not discuss.…
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Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity – Chapter 1, Food: The Weak Link
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one…
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New Map of The U.S., Created By How Our Dollar Bills Move
Click here for more details Most folks familiar with permaculture understand how zones are used in the design of a…
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Smart Phones, Dumb Companies
17 years, and the phone companies still haven’t sorted out the issue of conflict minerals. by George Monbiot If you…
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Falling Gasoline Use Means United States Can Just Say No to New Pipelines and Food-to-Fuel
by Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute Freeing America from its dependence on oil from unstable parts of the world is…
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Permaculture and Slavery: A System Analysis
Something interesting happens to you once given an opportunity to take a well-taught, well-presented, and properly contextualized Permaculture Design Certificate…
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A Great Corporate Cock-up
Take a ringside seat as a giant company beats the living daylights out of itself. by George Monbiot “Who breaks…
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The Energy Game is Rigged: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Topped $620 Billion in 2011
by Emily E. Adams, Earth Policy Institute The energy game is rigged in favor of fossil fuels because we omit…
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Corporate Blowback
Companies like EDF, seeking to terrify protesters with lawsuits, are likely to become victims of their own aggression. by George…
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