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The Globalization of Protest

The protesters are asking for a democracy where people matter more than profits, and a market economy that delivers what it is supposed to within appropriate regulations. > More

The Climate Change Novel: A Faulty Simulator of Environmental Politics

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Adam Trexler

Ultimatums. Floods. Ecotage. More than 200 novels have been written that imagine life in a climate-changed world, and they point to some of the fundamental difficulties we have in articulating a just and sustainable future.

From Canopy to Currency

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A number of innovative solutions have evolved to overcome many of the hurdles facing market-based forest conservation and to attract private sector investment. Policymakers are developing funding at an unprecedented scale.

Can We Build Better Health?

Peter Williams

An open innovation design competition in Haiti has yielded housing prototypes that can improve ventilation and potentially reduce the transmission of infectious diseases.

But Will the Planet Notice?

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Gernot Wagner

You recycle. You turn down plastic and paper. Good. But none of that will save the tuna or stop global warming. If you want to make the planet notice, follow the economics.

The MDGs and Social Policy Innovations from South Asia

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Gabriele Köhler

South Asia is becoming a hotbed of experimentation with a new generation of policies aimed at jobs, poverty, exclusion, and access to information.

Oxytocin: The Moral Molecule

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Paul Zak

What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin is responsible for trust, empathy, and other feelings that help build a stable society.

The Instability of Inequality

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Nouriel Roubini

Any economic model that does not properly address inequality will eventually face a crisis of legitimacy. Unless the relative economic roles of the market and the state are rebalanced, the protests of 2011 will become more severe.

Occupation: Rediscovering Democracy in Revolution

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Mehmet Dosemeci

By showing us the possibility of democracy in revolution, the occupations of 2011 have ignited a revolution in democracy, one that is redefining the meaning of both terms.

Ecuador to World: Pay Up, or the Forest Gets It

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Eric Chivian, Rigoberta Menchú

The trust fund to protect Ecuador's rain forest needs $100 million by the end of the year, or else the call for oil drilling will become unstoppable. The international community must not let this happen.

Will the Fledgling Occupations Molt into a Black Swan?

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Evan O'Neil

Going forward, bankers who have received bailout money, or could receive it in the future, should be banned from receiving bonuses. But will this solution satisfy the 99 Percent?