Communities of Color | Rethinking Prosperity

The ‘Equity for Growth’ Frame Must Die

Author: Deric GruenOn: Jan 15Categories: Distribution, Fellow Post, Yesterday's Prosperity 1 Comment

The ‘Equity for Growth’ Frame Must Die

Distribution, Fellow Post, Yesterday's Prosperity

Recently, Sociology Professor Manuel Pastor came to Seattle to talk about growth and equity. Pastor is a well-known professor from USC whose work focuses on “the economic, environmental and social conditions facing low-income urban communities –...

A People’s Climate Movement for the New Economy

Author: Deric GruenOn: Nov 12Categories: Distribution, Fellow Post, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow, Yesterday's Prosperity No Comments

A People’s Climate Movement for the New Economy

Distribution, Fellow Post, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow, Yesterday's Prosperity

This is cross-posted in The Leap, the blog of Naiomi Klein’s This Changes Everything and FrontandCentered, and is part of New Economy Week: From Austerity to Prosperity (November 9-15)—a public conversation about the ideas that can transform...

‘Our Power’ Calls for Just Transition to Next Economy

Author: Deric GruenOn: Aug 16Categories: Distribution, Fellow Post, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow No Comments

‘Our Power’ Calls for Just Transition to Next Economy

Distribution, Fellow Post, Prosperity Today, Prosperity Tomorrow

Communities of color have typically been left out of the conversation about economics, dominated by a homogeneous group of white, male theorists. You may be hard pressed to name a famous economist of color, even in the most progressive circles. But people...