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The Cooperative Spirit and its Many Manifestations

2012 has been designated the year of cooperative by the UN, and Rene Wadlow looks at the significance of this event.

Creating a World Without Poverty: Muhammad Yunus and the Rise of a People Based Economy

D.H. Wright shows how the micro-credit programs pioneered by Muhammad Yunus are changing the lives of poor people around the world.

Capitalism Is the Enemy of Democracy

Wealth inequality, which has been highlighted by the Occupy Wall Street movement, plays a corrosive role in the political system, and capitalism, contrary to conventional wisdom, actually constricts freedom.

Economic Democracy

This essay, written in 1986, draws a distinction between political democracy and economic democracy. The author argues that to bring about economic and social justice the economy should be decentralized and that structural changes have to be made which will put economic decision making in the hands of local people.

Why We Need Economic Democracy

 

Political rights are not enough, it is now time to demand economic rights.

  1. The Occupy Wall Street Movement and the Coming Demise of Crony Capitalism
  2. Is it Time for a Cap on Personal Wealth?
  3. A Brief Introduction to the Progressive Utilization Theory (PROUT)
  4. PROUT and Its importance in Venezuela