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At the end of 2019, the United States had 788 billionaires (a 12% increase over 2018), and they controlled $3.4 trillion of the nation's wealth (14% more than was controlled by billionaires in 2018). There were more billionaires in the U.S. than the...
When the protests were happening after the murder of George Floyd, there was some looting that happened. It wasn't as much as some news sites (like Fox) would have you believe, and it was only a tiny portion of those who were demonstrating.It shouldn...
By Things Are Good on May 11, 2020 in: politics, economics
In 2009 we looked at how Bhutan uses Gross National Happiness instead of the bizarre Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measurement to see how “successful” the country is. The GDP doesn’t reflect lives lived since things like oil spills a...
By Things Are Good on May 7, 2020 in: economics
Amsterdam is embracing an ecological approach to their economy by looking at it as if it’s a doughnut. Of course, it’s not a literal snack they are using, it’s a metaphor to visualize how different aspects of life interact with each...
By Things Are Good on Apr 9, 2020 in: Energy, economics
Without a doubt all business have been negatively impacted by the pandemic with some being hit more than others. The dirty and climate-destroying fossil fuel industry has really been hit hard (unfortunately it’s the workers who have been hurt b...
The post below is by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich (pictured) -- at his excellent blog. I think it's important, and should be read by all Americans who believe our economic system (and health and education systems) should work for the benefit o...
By Boing Boing on Apr 2, 2020 in: economics
I have, several times, heard the reasonable-sounding theory that America's at work pooping minimized the need for THAT MUCH retail toilet paper. Purportedly there are tons and tons of business-grade TP piling up unused. What Everyone’s Getting Wro...