STWR - Share The World's Resources

Sharing the land and resources of the world more equally is the basis for the ‘Next World Economy’ founded upon comprehensive tax reform and Earth Rights Democracy, says a new book by Alanna Hartzok. Review by Alexia Eastwood.

Here are six steps we can take toward a truly balanced budget that will allow all people on Earth to live fulfilling, healthy, yet more ecologically compatible lives. Ecological overshoot is climate change on steroids, argue Peter G. Brown and Geoffrey Garver.

There is much talk of a Green New Deal, but what are the attractions of such a steady-state economy? Greens and eco-socialists have been thinking and dreaming about this for a long time: here are some of their ideas, mused by Martin Ryle and Kate Soper.

Governments are persuading banks to lend us money again by providing astronomical financial bailouts, despite increased lending causing the crisis in the first place. Isn't it time we considered some economic alternatives? By George Monbiot.

Against a background of increasing inequality and chronic hunger in India, one region of the country has bucked the trend. Now that the age of Milton Friedman appears to be nearing its end, the world would do well to give Kerala another look, says Shirin Shirin.  

Institutionalised crime in the form of tax evasion and money laundering is a considerable challenge for the  global economy. However, the current crisis provides a unique opportunity to change the dynamics of an economic system which has demonstrated its enormous destructive potential, writes Daniel Bradlow.

Transitioning to a sustainable and just economic system is the ultimate challenge of the 21st century. As the work of E.F Schumacher argues, history will no doubt judge our generation by how well we acknowledge, embrace and take up this challenge, says John Fullerton.