Latest Stories in Economics - Page 5
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No Money? Time Trading Offers an Accessible Alternative
With time trading, people offer services based on an exchange of hours - not money. But it's still economic activity.
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How the Law Stops Us Sharing, And What We Can Do To Change It
The sharing economy is getting more and more attention, but laws drawn up for traditional business don't always adapt well to informal sharing or collaborative consumption.
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Consumerism Leads to Depression, Study Finds
In other words, those most prone to trying to buy happiness in the form of stuff are probably more likely to experience an emotion quite the opposite.
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How Collaborative Consumption Could Help Shrink Government
Could sharing more be central to achieving the Right's biggest dream?
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Getting the Market to Tell the Truth
If the world is to move onto a sustainable path we need the market to tell the truth, through full cost pricing.
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How Happy Is Bhutan, Really? Gross National Happiness Unpacked
Gross National Happiness has lots of cache in the environmental and social justice community, but how is Bhutan actually calculating it and how well are they doing?
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Airbnb to Owe City Hotel Tax in San Francisco
The pioneering site that brokers accommodation in private homes must now pay city hotel tax in San Francisco, according to a new ruling. What does this mean for collaborative consumption?
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There's More to Happiness Than GDP & There's a New Report to Prove It
With two months to go until the Rio+20 environmental conference, the UN is making a push towards moving away from using GDP as the end-all-be-all measurement of progress.
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SUV-Driving Congressmen Blame Obama for High Cost of Filling Up at the Pump
If only there was some surefire way they could reduce the amount they spend on gas!
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5 Economic Alternatives to the Cult of GDP
The idea that our real well-being can be measured by Gross Domestic Product is as pervasive as it is destructive. Here are some alternatives to the cult of GDP.
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Canada Kills The Penny
It is about time. Getting rid of it will save the government and small business millions, and creating work for interior designers across the country
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21 Lessons in Sustainability from the Great Depression
When the Great Recession started four years ago we looked at the lessons we could learn from the Great Depression; Time to dust them off.
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From Clothing Swaps to Tool Libraries, Sharing is Not Rocket Science
With new "Collaborative Consumption" models spreading like wildfire, it's easy to forget how simple sharing can be. Two new videos bring us back down to earth.
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Americans Mostly Just Whining About High Gas Prices - Spending Habits Don't Change Much
Even when gas prices rise, new economic research shows that Americans don't much cut back on discretionary recreational spending.
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Sustainability Lessons from the Great Depression
A pioneer of peak oil community action sits down to talk with her mother about a previous crisis and how she survived it.
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Climate Change Will Destroy 5% of Pakistan's GDP
Climate-related disasters and other losses will cost Pakistan $14 billion each year, a former environment has said.
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Party Balloons are Depleting the World's Helium Supply
Some medical and scientific research may have to be disbanded. What a classic case of reckless consumption gone awry.
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Gas Prices May Fall Sooner Than Expected
Prices may soon decline, at least on the West Coast.
