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True Cost Economics
Kick It Over!
We need a new economic paradigm - one that is open, holistic, and human scale - and this website offers a blueprint for getting there. Prepare yourself with some background information about economics in the Old paradigm and New paradigm sections then roll up your sleeves and launch into action on your campus.
Ecological economics pioneer Robert Costanza likens conventional economics to a bucket full of water that’s ready to tip. All it needs is one sharp jolt. So, let’s kick it over.
The economic revolution begins with jamming Economics departments. It ends with an entirely new way to measure progress. This is our most urgent campaign: a fight to revolutionize economics before our planet is destroyed.
New Paradigm
- Economists leading the change
- True cost pricing
- Ecological footprint
- Paradigm Shift
Old Paradigm
- What’s wrong with neoclassical economic
- Scrap the GDP
- Blinders of the Academy
Recent Articles
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The Real Crisis is Ecological
The current financial meltdown is small in comparison to the ongoing ecological disaster.
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:42 am
Posted by Abdul
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Resilience Or Survival
As a consequence of our inaction, we are starting to see the concept of resilience replacing sustainability as a goal.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:32 am
by Noberto Rodriguez dela Vega
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Time for another tea party
Why are Americans passively accepting the greatest tax rip-off of all time?
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 3:28 pm
Posted by Paul
45 comments
