New Economy

The Neighbor Break-Up

Pamela Haag | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Relocation, New Economy, Divorce, Children, Neighborhoods, Mobility, Geographic Mobility, Richard Florida, Neighbors, Childhood, Real Estate, Recession, Neighborly Relations, Culture News
Pamela Haag

I just learned that our neighbors are moving, to another state. In the most tangible, quotidian ways, we've woven a social fabric together, for our children, especially, and now it's partially torn.

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David Korten: Capitalism, Democracy, and Food (Video)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Food System, Local Food, New Economy, David Korten, Global Food, Agriculture, Plutocracy, Capitalism, Local Food Movement, Local Food Systems, Local Food Economy, Video, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

David Korten argues that both "peak oil" and climate change makes it imperative that we transition to a more localized food economy to insure continued access to adequate food supplies.

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David Korten: Capitalism's Threat to Democracy (Video)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Capitalism, Wall Street, New Economy, Real Wealth, David Korten, Plutocracy, Business News
Rebecca Gerendasy

In this frank interview with noted author and visionary David Korten, he minces no words about the dangers our current capitalist system poses to demo...

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Six Demands the Wall Street Protesters Should Make

Keith Harrington | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Movement Building, Wall Street Protest, New Economy, David Korten, Occupy Wall Street, Steady-State Economy, Democracy, Employee Ownership, Economic-Democracy, Messaging, Casse, Rebellion, New York City, Business News
Keith Harrington

What the world needs to hear is an answer to the questions: "Where do we go from here? Is there a truly workable alternative to capitalism? How do we solve the myriad crises of capitalism?"

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Food Swap!

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Market, Homemade Goods, Preserves, Canning, Canned Food, Food Exchange, Value, New Economy, Hand Crafted, Trade, Potluck, Community, Food Swap, Homemade Food, Swappers, Food Preservation, LA Restaurants, Food News
Rebecca Gerendasy

As many of of us approach the depths of winter, perhaps we might look at our homemade goods with a yearning for something different, something new to taste from someone else's pantry. Have you thought about a food swap?

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Vanishing Middle Class Jobs

Martin Ford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Unemployment, Technology, Business, Third World America, Economy, Middle Class, New Economy, Demography, Bureau of Labor, Lower Classes, Recession, Business News
Martin Ford

Economists acknowledge that middle skill jobs are vaporizing. But they also view the situation as static. Not true. Eventually, we'll have to find ways other than job-based income to support the population.

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16 Brilliant Business Minds on Twitter

2morrowknight | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Economy, Business, Economy, Small Businesses, Twitter Powerhouses, Social Media, Henry Ford, New Economy, Business News, Marketing, Madame C.J. Walker, Twitter News, Pr, Business History, Patricia Handschiegel, Entrepreneurship, Business News
2morrowknight

As we move deeper into this century, many want to know who some of the great business leaders of this millennium will be.

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Time to Think Like an Immigrant

Richard Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigrant Entrepreneurs, New Economy, Jobs, Immigrants, Immigration, Entrepreneur, Recession, Vivek Wadhwa, Venture, Omid Kordestani, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Company, Business News
Richard Herman

In learning immigrant stories, we found that the high-achievers typically parlayed immigrant skills into entrepreneurship skills.

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Evolutionary Leaders Call for Consciousness Evolution

Paul David Walker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Green Living, New Economy, Small Business, Global Climate Change, Environment, Evolution, Spirituality, Deepak, Healthy Living News
Paul David Walker

Increased levels of consciousness is the answer to most of our problems, from the way we deal with the changing environment to our own personal happiness.

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Reviving Workers' Rights in a New Economy

Amy B. Dean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, New Economy, Labor Day, Labor Unions, Economy, Workers Rights, Politics News
Amy B. Dean

This Labor Day, we must consider how a new generation of unions can become relevant in a transformed economy. Every Labor Day, we hear about the land...

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The War in Iraq: At What Cost?

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President, President Obama, Mental Health, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Speech, Jesus, Washington, Veterans, Politics, Economy, 9/11, United States, Iraq, Clean Energy, Oil, Weapons, Priorities, Rediscovering Values, Foreign Policy, Saddam, Government, Infrastructure, Iran, Bush Administration, New Economy, Middle East, Occupation, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Afghanistan, Religion News
Jim Wallis

The president asked the nation to "turn the page" last night. But what makes me so sad this morning is the enormous human cost of the war in Iraq; and how a massive number of people and families -- in America and Iraq -- have had their lives ended or changed forever because of this war and will have a hard time turning the page. So was the war in Iraq worth the enormous human cost?

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President's Immigration Speech: Will Obama Discuss How New Immigration Can Energize Rust Belt Economies?

Richard Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, America, Economy, Economic Development, Jobs, Innovation, Immigrants, Immigration Speech, Out of Touch, New Economy, Cleveland, Detroit, Rust Belt, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Industries, American, Pittsburgh, Republicans, Politics News
Richard Herman

While to date the White House has not expressed support for any of these rust-belt/immigration initiatives, it might be time for President Obama to hear what some in these cities are saying.

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Why Immigrants Can Drive the Green Economy

Richard Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nrel, New Economy, Green Jobs, Alternative Energy, Talent, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Clean Energy, Immigration, Immigrants, Technology, Green News
Richard Herman

We need an immigration system that prioritizes the attraction and retention of scarce, high‐end talent needed to invent and commercialize alternative energy technology and other emerging technologies.

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Unemployment Makes Self-Employed a Necessity, Not a Dream

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Self-Employment, Sales, Unemployment, New Economy, Boss, Seo, Employment, Selling, NY Times Best Seller, Multi Level Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Grant Cardone, Sales Tips, Business News
Grant Cardone

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention, and while the self-employment is not for everyone, neither is unemployment. I know because I faced the same situation many years ago.

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A Good START: Reducing the Idolatry of Nuclear Weapons

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President, Nonproliferation Treaty, Idolatry, Attack, Bomb, Politics, Nuclear Security, United States, Warhead, Weapons, Cold War, Underwear, New Economy, Nuclear Weapons, Medvedev, Russia, Nuclear Posture Review, Morality, Sean Hannity, Europe, Newt Gingrich, Nuclear Stockpiles, Warheads, Hannity, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Earlier this week, the United States declared for the first time will not use nuclear weapons against countries that are in compliance with the Nonproliferation Treaty.

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A Time for Moral Reckoning

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stewards, Jim Wallis, Economy, BP Oil Rig, Teachable Moment, Renewable Energy, Addiction, Environmental Threats, Gulf, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Contamination, Energy Economy, Environmental Destruction, Gulf of Mexico, Greed, Gulf Coast, Bp, Politics, Oil Rig, Community, Oil, Disaster, Lie, Moral Issue, Moral Issues, Anger, Marshes, Sea, New Economy, Water, Gulf Coast Residents, Land, Crisis, New York Times, Accountability, Government Regulation, Creation, Hurricane, Ocean, Oil Dependence, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Theologically, we are witnessing a massive despoiling of God's creation. We were meant to be stewards of the Gulf of Mexico. Instead, we are watching the destruction of all that. Why?

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Selling in a Changing Economy

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business Success, New Economy, Grant Cardone, Business News
Grant Cardone

When economies change from being very optimistic and positive (expanding) to very difficult and negative (contracting) people generally move through a...

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Finance Reform a Historic Accomplishment

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxpayer Expense, Senate Conference Committee, Moral Compass, Moral Principles, Regulatory Reform Bill, Main Street, Backroom Deals, Rediscovering Values, Democrats, Recession, Transparency, Government, Mortgages, U S Senate, Wall Street, Common Good, New Economy, Abusive Practices, Finance, FInancial Markets, Public Oversight, Change, Republicans, Consumer Protection, Accountability, Government Regulation, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Last evening, the U.S. Senate passed a financial regulatory reform bill by a 59-39 vote, including four Republicans. While the legislation still conta...

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A Step Toward Recovery from Our Oil Addiction

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stewards, Social Justice, General Interest Magazine, President Obama, Evangelical Press Association, Prophetic, Economy, Renewable Energy, Publication Awards, Addiction, Clean Energy, Mainline, Poor, Prophet, Protestant, Gulf, Environment, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Energy Economy, Grandchildren, Addict, Polarization, Justice, Gulf of Mexico, Fossil Fuel, Magazine Awards, Catholic, Moral Compass, Polluters, Politics, Epistles, Biblical, New Generation, Evangelical, Personal Faith, Renewable Energy Sources, Energy Industry, Faith Leaders, New Economy, Business Leaders, Sojourners Magazine, International Relations, Environmentalist, Glenn Beck, National Wildlife Federation, Green News
Jim Wallis

Moving toward a "clean energy economy" will require more than just a re-wiring of the energy grid; it will also take a re-wiring of ourselves -- a conversion, really, of our habits of the heart.

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Dream Team: Desiree Rogers, Van Jones and Gavin Newsom?

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, White House, Banks, New Economy, Ecotopia, Dream Job, Economy, President Barack Obama, UC Berkeley, Washington DC, Jobs, Obama, Business, Van Jones, California, Uc-Berkeley, Gavin Newsom, Finance, Desiree Rogers, San Francisco, Financial Crisis, Jfk, Business News, Stanford University, Silicon Valley, Impact News
Alexia Parks

Should Americans be looking west to San Francisco and cities ringing the San Francisco Bay as the new ecotopia?

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Returning Home in a New Place

Scott Schwenk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gratitude, Creativity, Elixir, New Economy, Tea, Conscious Business, T Salon, Creating, Healing, Los Angeles, Feng Shui, Los Angeles News
Scott Schwenk

For countless hours of innumerable days of many months over nearly ten years I had a sanctuary, a home-away-from home In Los Angeles. It went by the name of Elixir.

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Say It Ain't So, Joe: Joe Biden Talks to Labor About Jobs

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aflcio, Industrial Policy, New Economy, Unions, Biden, Recession, Jobs, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

In a speech to America's labor leaders, Joe Biden said that even if all goes well, the mass unemployment we now suffer -- with some 25 million unemployed or underemployed -- isn't going to get better soon.

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Seth Godin, Linchpin, Education & Travel

Soultravelers3 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Travel, Creativity, Digital Nomad, Seth Godin, Linchpin, New Economy, Education, Home News
Soultravelers3

Family travel and education go hand in hand, especially extended family travel or a creative ultra-mobile lifestyle design that includes the whole...

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Creating Change in the Midst of Crisis: Re-thinking Our Values

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Market, Video, Shareholders, Global Economy, Children, Davos, Business, Economic, Environment, Wealth, Nobel Peace Prize, Common Good, Values, Finding Our Way in the New Economy, Social Responsibility, Financial Crisis, Plenary Session, Capitalism, Class, World Economic Forum, System, Economics, Economic Crisis, Trade, Politics, Labor, Economic System, Klaus Schwab, Mohammad Yunus, Rediscovering Values, Grameen Bank, France, Wall Street, New Economy, Profits, Banks, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Poverty, Politics News
Jim Wallis

In past years at Davos, I often found myself in early morning optional sessions on social responsibility, in small rooms on the third floor of the c...

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Tripping in China: Barack Obama's Challenge

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Economy, China, Trade, China Climate Change, Obama China, China Human Rights, World News
Robert L. Borosage

For Obama's trip to Asia, the White House paints a full agenda -- Afghanistan, human rights, North Korean nukes, climate change, trade relations, and the economy. But it's really just the economy, stupid.

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