Economics

Buying Care

27 February 2008

At a Women’s World conference in Korea two years ago some community artists laid out a large piece of canvas on smooth ground, along with pencils, markers, and paints for passersby to express themselves. The resulting piece of collective art was tapestry-like, with a layered intricacy exceeding that of most renegade graffiti.

Theories of Value

22 February 2008

What if all the parents in the U.S. got up one morning and went on strike, demanding more recognition and support for the work they do?

What’s the Economy For, Anyway?

5 February 2008

Sometimes its hard to see through that almighty dollar. We need to stop and ask what the economy is FOR, anyway. This question is the focal point of a campaign being organized by filmmakers John de Graaf and Laura Pacheco, an outgrowth of the Forum on Social Wealth, described in my last post.