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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...