Latest Stories in Economics - Page 2
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We'll Never Run This Economy On Renewables (We'll Never Have To)
You can't talk about the potential for clean energy without also talking about creating a radically different economy.
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New Mayor Takes Entire Salary in Local Currency
There was a time when local currencies were usable only at food co-ops and yoga studios. When a city mayor elects to take his entire salary in local notes, you know things are changing.
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Is Earth Screwed? Scientist Says Yes, and He's Not Even Talking About the Outcome of COP18
We now have scientific data proving something that many TreeHugger readers, climate change politics watchers, biodiversity wonks, anti-deforestation activists, consumer culture critics already probably know, or at least fear, deep down in their hearts.
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You Can't Fight Climate Change Without Rethinking The Economy
For all the talk of solar panels and electric vehicles, we can't escape the fact that growth-at-all-costs is no longer viable.
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US Ambassador Urges Industry to Adapt or Perish
Whaling was once the biggest employer on the East Coast. Whalers probably couldn't have imagined a different energy future either, but it finished them off anyway.
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$29.4 Billion: Superstorm Sandy's Estimated Damages to New Jersey Alone
The final tally of damages from Superstorm Sandy may be a ways off, but the way it's going the storm is on track to be the second most-costly storm in US history.
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Investors Say Climate Change is Huge Threat to Economy, Pensions
Some of the world's largest investors are once again warning that climate change could sink our economy and our pensions. So why isn't there action?
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Global Environmental Market Grows 4%, Beats GDP
Despite policy uncertainty and a lack of serious intent on climate change, clean energy and other key sectors keep on growing.
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Exxon Is Actually Entirely Correct: A Carbon Tax is Better Than Cap-and-Trade
I'm actually kind of giddy over all the recent talk of the virtues of a carbon tax, versus those of cap-and-trade.
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Is The Post-Fossil Fuel Economy Already Emerging?
Growing bike sales, a boom in sharing, and an interest in growing your own food are ust some of the signs that we could be moving beyond our current energy paradigm. Add your own to the list.
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For Mission-Based Businesses, Crowd Funding Offers New Opportunities
Crowd-funding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo help artists and designers fund their projects, but increasingly the funding strategy is helping entrepreneurs to build responsible businesses.
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How Slow Money Financing Helps Food Businesses Grow
From farmers to bakers to restauranteurs, peer-to-peer loans are a lifeline for small food-related businesses.
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A Fair Share For Everyone: 9 Posters From When Gas (and Just About Everything Else) Was Rationed
They are rationing gas in New Jersey; During the World Wars they rationed it everywhere.
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How Voting on Tuesdays Helps Explain the Challenge of Sustainability
How voting day is a perfect example of why creating a more sustainable, fair and practical world is easier said than done.
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UPDATED: New York City Marathon Will Not Go Ahead
A controversial decision to go ahead with the running of the New York City Marathon has offended some but others argue it will provide a much-needed economic stimulus for businesses in the city.
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Toward a New Environmentalism
James Murray delivers a powerful, constructive vision of a new environmentalism. Yet he's under no illusions of the uphill struggle we face.
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Will Recovery Spending be Able to Balance the Economic Damage Caused by Hurricane Sandy?
Though massive storms cause huge amounts of economic damage, the cost is often recouped—at least in part—by recovery spending. Is that a possibility with this super storm?
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The Moneyless Manifesto Just Launched (Yes, It Is Free)
Mark Boyle has literally lived without money, so he had more room than most to critique our economy. Now he's formulated a manifesto.
