What We’re Reading
Here’s what some of the Rethinking Prosperity members are reading this week: Deric Gruen “I’m reading “When Green Growth is not Enough” by Anders Hayden, who explores the battle of three paradigms of environment, specifically...
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“Si, Podemos”
Podemos, which translates to “we can,” is a new political party in Spain that is quickly gaining popularity with its message against both corruption and budget cuts for important social programs. The party itself is less than a year old –...
What is Gross National Happiness?
Only recently has prosperity been connected with money as a part of its intrinsic definition. Originally, prosperity meant the opposite of affliction: satisfaction, happiness, and peace. Yet today, politicians and economists, left or right, seldom question...
What is Basic Income?
Basic income is a project that would ensure a basic annual salary for everyone. We see evidence that this sort of program works to reduce poverty, through programs like the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, and through social experiments. A common argument...
Join us in a Live Call Event: Shaping a New Narrative for a New Economy
Join Rethinking Prosperity at the UW Center for Communication and Civic Engagement for this live call event December 8, 2014: Shaping a New Narrative for a New Economy What role does narrativeplay in Shaping Economic Life? How must the current narrative...
Growth Doesn’t Mean Jobs
Kate Vavrousek The World Economic Forum has identified persistent jobless growth as one of its 10 upcoming global trends in 2015. “Persistent Jobless Growth” typically happens when countries increase
Is Water a Human Right?
In the wake of economic depression and municipal bankruptcy the city of Detroit, Michigan has issued a series of controversial water shutoffs for residents with overdue water and sewage bills. The high
Sustainability: Often Referenced, Rarely Defined
Kate Vavrousek When words are overused, their meanings can sometimes become diluted. For example, “sustainability” has been used over and over again, in many different contexts – and has been spun many
PepsiCo Removes BVO from Gatorade
A few months ago, I wrote a short article about food additive regulations in the US. In particular, caramel color, BVO, and BPA are buzzwords when potentially dangerous chemicals in our foods are discussed.
Samso Island – An Experiment in Sustainability
Kate Vavrousek In 1997, the Danish government proposed a national contest as an experiment with 100% renewable energy efficiency, phased in over the course of ten years. Samso Island was chosen