By Nicholas G. Luviene, from “Building a Platform for Economic Democracy: A Cooperative Development Strategy for the Bronx.” © 2010 Nicholas G. Luviene. (N
“That the Italian and Basque cooperatives have grown so large is somewhat a mystery since, unlike capitalist enterprises, cooperatives are not expansionis
(Note: This blog post is republished from the original, published on July 14, 2011, hosted by the MIT CoLab and accessible here.) It used to be that dissatisfie
For some, the taste of chocolate is bittersweet. Seventy percent of the world’s cocoa comes from small-scale family farmers in West Africa, whose economy is c
Our economic future, though built by the architects of then and now, lies in the hands of the next generation. And that future looks bright, based on the strong
We have before us an incredible opportunity to transform our economy. The disastrous turn our fiscal health took in 2008 has forced us to really think about the
Unemployment is bad, and our progress in creating new jobs has been unacceptably slow. Youth unemployment is often where the problem is worst, and it’s becomi
It’s been 64 years since George Bailey and his friends and neighbors saved his community bank in the classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Today,
In my new book, The Responsibility Revolution, I look at companies that conduct internal business with transparency. Seventh Generation is one of those companie
I was giddy with hope back in November 2008 when Barack Obama won the presidential election. Like many, I believed that we stood at the edge of potentially enor
Sometimes you think you have something important to say, and before you know whether you can convince anyone in the publishing community that it’s of valu
Over the years, I have frequently spoken out against companies that preach a “we’re-all-in-this-together” ethos while tolerating Austrian-Afgh
