Is it possible to build an economic system that can deliver widespread human well-being while caring for the planet? Not currently. However, an economy dominated by nonprofits provides a possible pathway out of our current global predicament.
As Rutger Bregman points out, “1,500 people travelled to Davos by private jet” but “no one was talking about raising taxes on the rich. I hear people talking the language of participation, justice, equality and transparency, but almost no one raises the real issue.”
In 2018, NPQ committed to emphasizing the need to remake our economy into a system that provides for more shared wealth and equity, one that values sustainability and racial justice. We have covered the topic in our newswires and have begun a webinar series that brilliantly combines inspiring vision with grounded experience of some of the foremost change agents in the field. We will continue this emphasis well into the future and, for those of you who have not yet engaged in this element of our work, we bring you one of our introductory pieces from Senior editor Steve Dubb. Don’t miss his next webinar on Thursday, January 10th!
In a thought-piece, a longtime globalization critic posits “localization” as a strategy that can help reduce some of the social conflicts that arise due to the effects of global economic development.
Rajiv Shah, the Rockefeller Foundation’s new leader, speaks out about creating collaborative philanthropy and what’s next for the influential funder.
The social discord that fueled the surprising outcome of our election is part of a global pattern. The World Economic Forum’s recently released Global Risks Report 2017 sees “deep-rooted social and economic trends are manifesting themselves increasingly disruptively across the world.”
The world’s economies are adjusting to populist movements demanding local control amid the dispassionate forces of the international markets.
Post Growth Institute looks to 2050 as a time when the nonprofit framework could become the dominant economic model throughout the world.
