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Canada's Trifecta Win: Dollar, Stocks, Commodities

Diane Francis | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Resources, Canadian Dollar, Canadian Banks, Commodities, U.s. Dollar Devaluation, Oil Prices, Financial Crisis, India, Canada, China, Toronto-Stock-Exchange, China Economy, Business News
Diane Francis

Commodities, the Canadian dollar and Toronto Stock Exchange are headed onward and upward despite the world economy appearing to be only halfway through this Great Recession.

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Why Ostrom's Nobel Is Even More Shocking Than Obama's

Randall Amster | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Resources, Tragedy of the Commons, Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Prize, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Nuclear Weapons, Economics, Conflict, Cooperation, Resource Conflict, War, The Commons, Nobel Peace Prize, Socialism, Mutual Aid, Business News
Randall Amster

Make no mistake, despite the somewhat tame Nobel committee description, Ostrom's body of work is inherently radical, demonstrably anti-corporate, and implicitly socialistic.

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Helicopter Shortage Puts Green Berets At Risk In Afghanistan, Pakistan: Newsweek

Newsweek | Mark Hosenball | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Read More: Resources, Chinook, Helicopter, Military, Pentagon, Counterinsurgency, Black Missions, Pakistan, Helicopter Shortage, White Missions, Green Berets, Taliban, Afghanistan, Insurgency, World News

Some U.S. special forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan may be at higher risk than usual of injury and death because the Pentagon has not equipped their ...

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Contraconception

Paula Gordon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Resources, Population, James Carse, Mary Catherine Bateson, Childless, Children, Community, Frederick Ferré, Family, Living News
Paula Gordon

A tightly held secret is being kept from today's young people. Not having children can be great!

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Energy Efficiency vs. Neoliberal Economics

David Roberts | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Economics, Environment, Resources, Energy, Environmentalism, Green News
David Roberts

We have a problem -- the deterioration of the atmosphere -- that presents us with great urgency, and a solution -- resource intelligence -- that requires our active intervention.

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Balancing Giving and Receiving

John Morton | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Resources, Debt, Needs, Money, Blessings, Opportunities, Choosing, Infinite Supply, Choice, Happiness, Infinite, John Morton, Receiving, Wealth, Health, Giving, Conditions, Spirituality, Living News
John Morton

Giving and receiving coexist. They're polarities on the same continuum. One requires the other in order for either to occur. Often they occur in cycles.

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The Real Roots of the Financial Crisis

Brian Whetten | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Economy, Resources, Greed, Wall Street Blowup, Unconcsious Capitalism, Addiction, Financial Crisis, Capitalism, Wall Street, China Mao, Financial Meltdown, Life, Conscious Business, Addiction to Wealth, Brian Whetten, Recession, Conspicous Consumption, Businsss, Per Person Income, Living News
Brian Whetten

We've pointed a lot of fingers at a lot of targets, including bankers, regulators, and homeowners. But none of these explanations speak to the deeper roots of the crisis.

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Negawatts and Negabeds

Donald Berwick, Elliott Fisher, and Amory Lovins | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Resources, Energy, Efficiency, Negawatts, Resource Management, Alternative Energy, Health, Negabeds, Hospital Efficiency, Health Care, Green News
Donald Berwick, Elliott Fisher, and Amory Lovins

If we want to achieve our ends with fewer resources, then why do we create market structures that link profits directly to volume?

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Next Administration Must Address Conflict in Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Conservation Wars, Killing, Resources, Bill Clinton, Virunga Park, War, Proxy Wars, Paul Kagame, Looting, Un, Refugees, Congo, Laurent Nkunda, Monuc, Fotc, Mccain Administration, President Obama, Obama Administration, President McCain, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

The humanitarian crisis in Congo has worsened, with tens if not hundreds of thousands of people displaced. It is time for world leaders to take on this issue and contribute to bringing an end to the conflict.

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