Public Good

Industrial Policies for Economic Development

Stan Sorscher | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Apprenticeships, Export-Import Bank, Globalization, Internships, Public Good, Industrial Policy, Economic Development, Market Failure, Tax Incentives, Social Investment, Third Industrial Revolution, Business News
Stan Sorscher

When a company comes to government, we should have conditions that encourage production to stick in our local economy. We should see a clear public good that raises the standard of living for workers and communities.

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Why Democracy Is Public: The American Dream Beats the Nightmare

George Lakoff | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Education, American Nightmare, Social Security, Public Good, American History, Public Infrastructure, American Dream, Progressives, American Democracy, Democracy, Morality, Health Care, Swing Voters, Politics News
George Lakoff

The democracy of care, shared responsibility, and trust is the democracy of the American Dream. The "democracy" of no care, no shared responsibility, and no trust has produced the American Nightmare that so many of our citizens are living through.

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The State of Union Address President Obama Should Have Given

David Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Privatization, State of the Union, Commons, Public Good, Work, Barack Obama, Rick Santelli, Fdr, Who, Per Capita, CHarles Munger, Tea Party, Stephen Schwarzman, Politics News
David Morris

This might be the time to face some hard truths. And the hard truth is that inequality is economically as well as socially harmful.

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Copenhagen and the Commons

Jamil Zaki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Copenhagen Climate Talks, Tragedy of the Commons, Developing Countries, Cooperation, Public Good, Economics, Altruism, Selfishness, Climate Change, Psychology, Global Warming, Business News
Jamil Zaki

Informed, committed nations working together should be able to tap into people's common goal to stave off the effects of climate change, but the leaders at Copenhagen neglected some simple rules for creating such cooperation.

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Obama Misses the Point on Health Care Debate

Sandy Maisel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Interest Politics, Health Care Reform, Public Good, President Obama, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Health Care Budget, Politics News
Sandy Maisel

We witnessed Professor Obama explaining the intricacies of the policy options in sonorous tones. What was missing was the very simple concept that health care is a public good.

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Politics, Personalities and the Business of Doing Good

Jake Brewer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neil Bush, Public Good, Social Responsibility, Volunteers, Collaboration, Non-Profits, Partnerships, Corporate Social Responsibility, Points of Light, Social Sector, Business News
Jake Brewer

Trying to make the world a better place is messy and almost always full of the same back-room shenanigans chronicled throughout the political sectors, but with one difference: those involved act like it's not, and no one talks about it.

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