Category:Economics
See also Globalization and Entrepreneurship
A range of ideas on economics exist, from Free Marketeers (an idea in ascendancy in the US for some time, though currently in disrepute), to social entrepreneurs (who seek to use markets to improve the lives of poor people, see the UCSC Atlas of Global Inequality and Gapminder to get some sense of this), to the idea of suicidal capitalism (the idea that growth for growth's sake on a finite planet will be catastrophic).
People
Muhammad Yunus founder of the Grameen Bank, which makes micro-loans all over the world, empowering people in many ways, not least of which to give them the option on not exhausting their local habitats in order to survive in the short term. Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. His book.
Economist Jeffrey D. Sachs visits Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters to discuss his book, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet This event took place on April 9, 2008 Watch video. Audio interview with Jeffrey Sachs, an economist interested in ecological and social justice issues.
James Speth video "On a Post-Growth Society"
Books
Life Inc.: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back by Douglas Rushkoff (video clip) Chapter One and subsequent chapters
Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage by Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future amazon link] by Bill McKibben
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins. Download free chapters.
Ecological Economics: Principles And Applications Herman E. Daly, Joshua Farley
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan. Said to be a lively and readable introduction to the subject.
The Vulnerable Planet : a short economic history of the environment / John Bellamy Foster S&E Stacks - GE140 .F68 1999
Video
Van Jones "A New Green Deal" (see Eco-heroes).
Herman Daly, his classic book Beyond Growth Here is an essay"Can we grow our way to an environmentally sustainable world?" from his new book. "Ecological Economics FAQs" video
Green Collar jobs on PBS Now (video)
PBS News Hour segment on venture capital flowing to green businesses. 6/08
Jacqueline Novogratz shares stories of how "patient capital" (microfinance, Africa) can bring sustainable jobs, goods, services -- and dignity -- to the world's poorest. TEDtalk video
Paul Collier’s book The Bottom Billion (an excerpt) shows what is happening to the poorest people in the world, and offers ideas for opening up opportunities to all.
Reports
Prosperity without Growth? - The Transition to a Sustainable Economy (2009 report). Ahead of the G20 Summit in London, the report calls on leaders to adopt a 12-step plan to make the transition to a fair, sustainable, low-carbon economy.
Blogs
