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“We know that McDonald’s is the head of the snake.” McDonald’s workers went on strike on Thursday in 13 cities for a $15 hourly pay and union rights for all …
Striking McDonald’s workers: You have to ‘build your strength in numbers’ Read More
At BP’s AGM today, investors voted on two motions on the ballot to encourage the company to align its business model with the Paris Agreement. Over 99% of shares were …
Investors cast votes for Paris-aligned BP Read More
Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself …
FALTER: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? – Bill McKibben Read More
This elections year, it is hard to imagine that European citizens will be satisfied with shallow political promises: they are furiously standing up against business as usual. All over Europe, …
The power of democracy against the power of finance Read More
The joint HuffPost UK-BBC Radio 5 Live poll found 30% of people in their 20s have no savings at all. The majority of young people in their 20s say money …
Half Of 20-Somethings Say Money Pressures Impact Their Mental Health Read More
Finance Minister: “GDP remains an important measure of activity in the economy, but it doesn’t tell us about the quality of that activity” Budget on 30 May is based on a …
Beyond GDP: New Zealand Finance Minister explains shift to budget based on wellbeing indicators Read More
Pope Francis has invited young economists and entrepreneurs around the world to help create a ‘new and courageous culture’ that finds new ways to do business, promote human dignity and …
Pope invites young people to pledge to build a new economy Read More
A “riveting and illuminating” (Yuval Noah Harari) new theory of how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don’t, by the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of the landmark bestsellers Guns, …
Jared Diamond – Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis Read More
Per Publisher Not since Marx identified the manufacturing plants of Manchester as the blueprint for the new capitalist society has there been a more profound transformation of the fundamentals of …
Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto Read More
Per Publisher Blockchain is the technology behind bitcoin and other crypto-currencies. According to Santander, it could save financial institutions $15-20bn a year from 2022 onward. Most experts see an unprecedented …
Blockchain Babel: The Crypto Craze and the Challenge to Business Read More