I’m just reflecting on last week’s experience at a new conference called Global Shifts 2012, spearheaded by CEO Danny Almagor’s Melbourne firm Small Giants - an impact investment company dedicated to supporting social entrepreneurs-- and Dr Julie Roberts of Social...
It’s teetering toward midnight, the sustainable vodka has made its last rounds amongst the guests, and the once luscious greenery trimming the dancefloor has started to go limp. Exhausted, I was thinking of going home. That’s when I spotted the “Green Gift Bag.” The...
Is the green economy taking hold? If Global Green USA's annual Pre-Oscar Party this February was anything to go by, then yes. The night was a perfect blend of planet-friendly stars, environmentalists, and eco-conscious brands, all celebrating the era of sustainability. For...
Extreme Concentration of Wealth in a Small Segment According to the economists Emmanuel Saez of Berkeley and Thomas Piketty of the Paris School of Economics, between 2002 and 2007, 65 percent of all income growth in the United States went to the top 1 percent of the...
Whenever a "world's happiest countries" survey comes out, just think of the most well-known European welfare states and you'll easily name those near the top: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Netherlands, and the consistent winner, Denmark. I never think of the United States, which...
A great nation is a consumer nation. It is our vast capacity to consume that makes America great. Our unquenchable drive for more is the engine of a thriving economy and the key to driving force is the consumer-citizen, the type of patriot that holds dear the core principal...
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we explored value systems and the conflict between capitalism and happiness and human development. We continue by imagining a new capitalism that fulfills human and economic needs in PART 3: BRIDGING THE GAP. Barring a revolution, morphing an...
In the week that the British High Court ruled that the Occupy London protesters could be evicted from their St. Paul’s Cathedral site and France’s triple-A rating was downgraded, I started a seven-part series examining European economics. I argue that individuals can help...
Thanks in large part to Citizens United v. FEC, the 2010 Supreme Court decision granting corporations and unions unfettered spending power on political campaigns, 2012 is set to be the most expensive election year in American history--estimated at $6 billion. This year will show...
In this series, we will explore societal value systems, the conflict between capitalism and happiness and human development, and how to create a human-centered capitalism. We continue with PART 2: CAPITALISM VS. HAPPINESS. As mentioned in Part 1 of this series, capitalism is...
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