Interviews | Resources | Papers
Alperovitz, Gar. America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy. Wiley, 2004.
- Critically analyses the economic, social and political crisis caused by globalized corporate power and discusses measures to lessen economic disparity and social inequity.
- Chapter on Introduction: http://www.americabeyondcapitalism.com/a4-Introduction.rtf
Speth, James Gustave. The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability. Yale University Press, 2008.
- Provides a systemic analysis of current economic systems and environmental challenges and calls for radical socio-economic transformation.
- Book Review: http://www.amazon.com/review/R9VO1N1VOEPG6/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
Videos
Alperovitz, Gar. Unjust Deserts: How the rich are taking our common inheritance and why we should take it back. Video retrieved from http://www.community-wealth.org/news/video.html#alperovitz2 on April 25, 2009
Hawkens, Paul. Blessed Unrest. Video retrieved from http://www.blessedunrest.com/video.html on April 25, 2009.
Articles
Hobsbawm, Eric. Socialism has failed. Now capitalism is bankrupt. So what comes next? Retrieved from http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/10/financial-crisis-capitalism-socialism-alternatives on April 25, 2009.
Johnson, Simon. The Quiet Coup. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/imf-advice on April 27, 2009. Former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund alarms the US economy that “…recovery will fail unless we break the financial oligarchy that is blocking essential reform. And if we are to prevent a true depression, we’re running out of time”.
Lampman, Jane. Trend-watcher sees moral transformation of capitalism. Retrieved from http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1003/p13s01-wmgn.html on April 25, 2009. Interview with Patricia Aburdene on her book Megatrends- The Rise of Conscious Capitalism.
Websites
The Baseline Scenario http://baselinescenario.com Co-authored by Peter Boone, Simon Johnson & James Kwak. Blog space dedicated to explaining some of the key issues in the global economy and developing concrete policy proposals. Cited by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and others. Recommended by Bill Moyers as “One of the most informative news sites in the blogosphere.”