Metrics
Measuring Happiness in Seattle
THE HAPPINESS INITIATIVE TOOLKIT ... A Toolkit for creation of our own Happiness Initiative
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Social Activism ... USA
Occupy Detroit
Challenges don't deter Occupy Detroit protesters from getting out their message
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Society and Economics ... USA
What is a President to do?
Obama uses executive orders to bypass Congress
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People ... USA
Paul Wolfowitz
Rachel Maddow talking about how wrong was Paul Wolfowitz ... over and over again! Where is there accountability?
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People ... Ethicist
Harriet Washington
'Deadly Monopolies': Medical Ethicist Harriet Washington on How Firms are Taking Over Life Itself
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Organizations ... Think Tanks
The Capital Institute
The Capital Institute is a non-partisan, transdisciplinary Collaborative Space, founded in 2009 by former JPMorgan Managing Director John Fullerton.
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People ... Economists
Herman Daly
Capital Institute Guest Post: Limits to Growth - Forty More Years? ... From The Next Forty Years, Jorgen Randers, ed. (forthcoming)
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Social Activism
Wall Street protests echo in Tokyo
We are influenced by protests in the US but we want to develop our own way of gaining a stable future
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Social Activism ... USA
Occupy Oakland ... Michael Moore visits
Michael Moore: 'There’s No Turning Back!' and a lot more
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Society and Economy ... USA
Key economic trends
A collection of graphs about key economic measures
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Social Activism
What shjould be the OWS demands?
Occupy Wall Street’s Silver Bullet: Publicly Financed Campaigns
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Government and Governance ... USA
The high cost of government
Fed. Government Pays IT Contractors Nearly Twice As Much As Its Own IT Workers
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Organization ... Education
Khan Academy
This has the potential to be as good as Harvard, and cost about the same as Harvard's landscaping budget!
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Happiness
The happiness component of economic performance
PLACEHOLDER
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People ... Media
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs has a show that celebrates the wealthy and the capitalist state ... and not very tolerant of alternative views
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People ... Media
Bill Maher
Bill Maher has a show that is never 'politically correct' but is full of humor
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Organizations ... Think Tanks
New Economics Foundation (NEF)
The New Economic Foundation On The Origination Of Money
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Food and Agriculture
Aquaponics
Family Fish Farms (FFF)
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Military Affairs
Mercernaries
UN warns of increasing use of mercernaries ... Expert group sees major expansion in military and security companies operating without regulation or accountability.
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Society and Economy ... USA
Another world is possible
Paul Rosenberg: Occupy Wall Street: Another world is possible ... Obama's rightward shift since taking office has alienated many former supporters, helping to fuel the 'Occupy' movement.
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Organizations ... Banking
Allied Home Mortgage
Now in the news for 'pervasive mortgage fraud' ... being sued for massive scheming to create mortgages
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Organizaitons ... Banks
MF Global
MF Global files for backruptcy
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People ... Arms Traders
Viktor Bout
Intentions at Heart of Arms-Trafficking Case
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Society and Economics
The US Government Debt debate
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) rport: Democrats Offer Significant Concessions ... Plan Is to the Right of Bowles-Simpson and Gang of Six
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People ... Social Entrepreneurs
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC, wins world’s largest education prize in Qatar at the WISE Conference
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Vision
A vision of the future circa 1950
Pet Shop Boys - This Used To Be The Future. In the 1950s almost anything seemed to be possible.
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Country ... Greece
Greek Financial Crisis
Greek move on referendum creates chaos ... Papandreou's cabinet backs him as ripples from Athens reach Wall Street, where the Dow Jones index plunges.
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Happiness
An initiative of Action for Happiness
Happiness Challenge - Action for Happiness ... in cooperation with the BBC
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People ... USA
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow Show
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Society and Economy ... UK
Britain's irrational faith in capitalism
The almost religious veneration of the current economic system does not allow any thoughts for a 'Plan B'.
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People ... Arms Traders
Meet Viktor Bout, the Real-Life 'Lord of War'
Meet Viktor Bout, the Real-Life 'Lord of War' ... an article in Mother Jones from 2007
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Organizations ... Banks
Goldman Sachs
Not only does Goldman Sachs do big bad things ... but is also small minded.
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Happiness
Many different voices
YouTube Videos ... and other material being organized A WORKING FILE NOT FOR PRESENTATION
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Happiness
Nic Marks - TED talk - Part 1 and 2
Nic Marks - Founder of the Centre for Well-being
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Happiness
Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index
Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity -- instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people.
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Media and Communications
TED Talks
About TED Talks, the technology, the network and what it is doing for informed discussion
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Philanthropy
Bill Gates on Malaria
Bill Gates at Long Beach California Feb2009 1 of 2 Mosquito & Malaria
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Music
Music more valuable than armies
Laal - Dehshatgardi Murdabad (Death to Terrorism)
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Organizations ... Banks
Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corp
Nov 2011 ... Federal prosecutors has sued the company and two top executives, accusing them of running a massive fraud scheme
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Freedom ... Egypt
An interview with Noor Ayman Nour
Egyptian activist speaks out about the detention of Alaa Abdel Fatah and military trials.
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Technology
Incredible power of modern IT
Fighting in the Fifth Dimension ...
Innovations in technology are changing the tactics of modern-day conflict, turning the cyberworld into a new frontline.
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Social Activism ... USA
The all-American occupation
In the US, the 'Occupy' movement is in line with a deep historical suspicion of Wall Street and the financial elite.
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Social Activism
Occupy the European Central Bank
The European Central Bank is responsible for the wreckage that has overtaken the Eurozone, economist says.
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People ... Economists
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman: An Indispensible Man
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Social Activism
Student Debt
Student Debt
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People
Starts with a pollution
Starts with a pollution
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People ... Arms Traders
Victor Bout
Victor Bout Conflict Awareness Project
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Terms of Service
Quora
Terms of Service ... Quora
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Organizations ... Civil Society
Center for Community Change
Campaign for Community Change is the action arm of Center for Community Change
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Security
Responsibility ... high crime ... firing police!
An example of how prevailing metrics for socio-economic management deliver wrong results
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