Looking Back To Our Future

Looking Back To Our Future

‘This post was originally published at neweconomyweek.org.Climate change, shifting demographics, and sobering economic realities for a growing number of Americans have sparked increased awareness of the need to re-examine how working class people and communities...
Shorter Work-Time Can Help In the Transition

Shorter Work-Time Can Help In the Transition

‘This post was originally published at neweconomyweek.org.In the not-too distant future we can expect to see a rapid increase in structural unemployment as a result of increasing substitution of technology—including sophisticated robots—for human...
Building on Strong Foundations in Buffalo

Building on Strong Foundations in Buffalo

‘This post was originally published at neweconomyweek.org.We can learn a lot about what it takes to build a new economy by looking into the hidden histories of localism and cooperative economics in our own cities. And one of the clearest lessons that history...
Race and the New Economy

Race and the New Economy

‘This post was originally published at neweconomyweek.org.In his article entitled “What’s the Role of Race in the New Economy Movement?” author Penn Loh argues that people of color have a foundational role to play in the establishment of a new...
There’s Nothing New About the New Economy

There’s Nothing New About the New Economy

‘This post was originally published at neweconomyweek.org.The term “New World” originated in the early 16th century after Europeans made landfall in what would later be called "the Americas". Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci is credited...
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