Family/Household

Justin Care

3 April 2008

Most debates over family policy in the U.S. focus on comparisons with Europe, Canada, or Australia. But so much is happening in East Asia! The rapidity of fertility decline in Korea –combined with the mobilization of women’s groups there–has led to major new government initiatives.

Lands of Possibility

18 March 2008

The social democracies of Northwestern Europe offer many varieties of inspiration for the United States.

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.