Category: Development
Posts about Development
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Cannibalize Yourself
One of the strangest characteristics of the contemporary economic system is its propensity to cannibalize itself in pursuit of short-term increases in profits. According to a literature review by eftec,…
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The Fate of the World
Today is International Women’s Day. To start, it’s important to recognize that women are still the most marginalized majority group in the world today. The statistics tell the story: 70%…
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The First Advocate of Open Source
The first advocate of Open Source was none other than the patron saint of neoliberal economics: Adam Smith. Although Smith’s classic The Wealth of Nations has become the de-facto Bible…
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Deconstructing Neoliberalism
In order to successfully resist the wholesale devastation of local economies at a global scale, it is necessary to pick apart, piece by piece, the philosophical underpinnings of neoliberal economics. …
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Manifest Destiny
The notion that Americans are entitled to over-consume world energy supplies is merely a novel twist on the 19th century ideal of Manifest Destiny. While 19th century political, economic, and…
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False Metrics
The gospel of contemporary economic dogma is growth: growth in total exports, growth in GNP, growth in per capita income. Economic growth is at the heart of the neo-liberal agenda…
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Missing the Point
In a recent article in Grist magazine, author Kelly Hearn describes the South American (esp. Brazilian) effort to create an “ethanol empire”. In the wake of the environmentalist reverie over…
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The Fair Trade Dilemma
Gran Cafe is produced by a cooperative of organic coffee farmers in the Dominican Republic. For the past 10 years the cooperative has dedicated itself to developing the techniques and…
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Bolivia: What’s Next?
After an unprecedented victory in Sunday’s Bolivian elections, the triumphant cocalero Evo Morales has left many observers wondering: What’s next? Evo has promised an inclusive, socialist government that will break…
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US Policy Undermines Global Food Security
On Saturday, US Ambassador Francis Rooney urged the Vatican to promote genetically modified (GMO) crops as a partial solution to world hunger. A US policy that promotes GMO agriculture as…
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