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  A Better World Is Possible - Alternatives To Economic Globalization

  In January 1999, the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) initiated a process to define alternatives to the current model of corporate globalization. Over the past three years, some two dozen of our board members and key associates have held regular meetings to discuss and prepare drafts ...

  Giorgio Bertini added 6 months ago

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  Voix Libres - La Terre des Enfants

  Bienvenue sur le nouveau site de Voix Libres Voix Libres est une association humanitaire internationale où les enfants des mines, des rues et des ordures de Bolivie deviennent auteurs et réalisateurs de leurs projets une fois scolarisés et diplômés... ce qui garantit un engagement solidaire et ...

  Giorgio Bertini added 7 months ago

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  The economic iceberg

  The iceberg is an economic representation we use in our action research projects to stimulate conversations about ‘the economy.’ This image is one way of illustrating that what is usually regarded as ‘the economy’—wage labor, market exchange of commodities and capitalist enterprise—comprises but ...

  Giorgio Bertini added 7 months ago

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  Adam Smith’s market never stood alone

  It is often overlooked that Smith did not take the pure market mechanism to be a free-standing performer of excellence, nor did he take the profit motive to be all that is needed . Perhaps the biggest mistake lies in interpreting Smith’s limited discussion of why people seek trade as an ...

  Giorgio Bertini added 7 months ago

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  Now is the time for a less selfish capitalism

  Our society has become too individualistic, with too much rivalry and not enough common purpose. We idolise success and status and thus undermine our mutual respect. But countries vary in this regard, and the Scandinavians have managed to combine effective economies with much greater equality ...

  Giorgio Bertini added 7 months ago

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