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Rethinking Green Economics: Beyond the Triple Bottom Line (TBL)
on: In: About, Articles, news, Newsletter, Rising Sun Winter 2016, Talking Points
By Roar Bjonnes The popular sustainability phrase, “People, Planet, Profit”, was coined by John Elkington in 1995, and in 1997, it was adopted as the title of the Anglo-Dutch oil... Read more
Overcoming Discrimination
on: In: About, Articles, news, Newsletter, Rising Sun Winter 2016, Talking Points
Economic democracy is essential to overcome discrimination and marginalization. Poverty and unemployment feed racism, sexism, and anger toward immigrants. Women, people of color, the young a... Read more
Purchasing Capacity
on: In: About, Articles, news, Newsletter, Rising Sun Winter 2016, Talking Points
Purchasing capacity, the ability of people to pay for basic goods and services, is the most direct and accurate way to measure their standard of living and the true state of the economy. Peo... Read more