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BRICS Development Bank Challenges Western Dominance

Earlier on the blog, I outlined the many Price-based motivations for Western development aid. Rich countries give development aid to poor...

Associative Systems in U.S. Agriculture: A Necessary Evil?

Got Milk? Beef -- It’s What’s for Dinner. Cotton -- The Fabric of Our Lives. These familiar slogans arose from peculiar advertising...

Book Review: Our Common Wealth By Jonathan Rowe

Jonathan Rowe’s book Our Common Wealth, released earlier this year, provides an excellent overview and defense of “the commons” -- the...

New Financial Tools For A Social Return On Investment

How do government maximize the efficiency on their funding to social programs? The Systems of Exchange model can explain. “Social impact...

Using Peer Pressure To Save Money

Want to save more money? Consider partnering up with a couple of friends. Here is a successful example in Harlem, New York. Susu members...

Time Banks: An Economy Of Volunteering

Do you know that volunteering can be exchanged too? The TimeBank system helps to explain the give and return logic behind community...