The State of the Commons
August 28, 2003 7:53 pm Comments Off on The State of the CommonsA Report to Owners, 2003 ALL AMERICANS are joint owners of a trove of hidden assets. These assets — natural gifts... Read more...
Author Archives for Peter Barnes
The Pollution Dividend
November 16, 2001 8:34 pm Leave your thoughtsThe American Prospect, November 16, 2001 IT WAS ALMOST like winning a planetary lottery. When oil began flowing from... Read more...
Welfare Is Integral to Our System
March 13, 1995 5:45 pm Leave your thoughtsLos Angeles Times, March 13, 1995 SOME POLITICIANS say that ending welfare will improve the character of those who depend... Read more...
Put Your Mouth Where Your Money Is
June 1, 1994 5:36 pm Leave your thoughtsBy Jeanne Alexander The Noe Valley Voice, June 1994 PHONE BILLS and credit card charges—they come due every month without... Read more...
Review of “The Ecology of Commerce” by Paul Hawken
February 7, 1994 8:32 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Nation, February 7, 1994 IF YOU THINK creating enough well-paying jobs to retain America’s current living standard is challenging, it’s child’s... Read more...
Do Good Ethics Ensure Good Profits?
July 1, 1989 5:02 pm Leave your thoughtsBusiness and Society Review, Summer 1989 TO BE ETHICAL as a business because it may increase your profits is to... Read more...
What ever happened to the National Cooperative Bank?
November 4, 1986 6:12 pm Leave your thoughtsWHEN the National Cooperative Bank was created by Congress in 1978, it was the object of some modest hopes. Supporters... Read more...
Confessions of a Socialist Entrepreneur
October 1, 1983 5:08 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Washington Monthly, October 1983 SEVEN YEARS AGO, at the age of 34, I decided to become a socialist entrepreneur.... Read more...
Unearned Income
June 14, 1975 3:23 pm Leave your thoughtsNot long ago a West Coast bank president mentioned to me that a piece of land he had purchased near San Francisco, situated alongside a new state highway, had risen in value by about $100,000 in a few years.
Bringing Back the WPA
March 15, 1975 8:42 pm Leave your thoughtsThe New Republic, March 15, 1975 PEOPLE HAVE two main complaints about jobs these days: there aren’t enough of them,... Read more...
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