Inspired by the Capital Institute's Third Millennium Economy initiative, this collection highlights those voices - ecological economists, sociologist, finance professionals, environmentalists, community developers - advocating a restructuring of our economy to transition to a truly sustainable economic system.
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What's the Purpose of Business? Not Shareholder Value by Gil Friend |
Running a profitable business that takes care of the environment, provides meaningful jobs, and helps the community is an oxymoron, right? Not so fast. Friend states that green business practices are good for business and the world. It's not shareholder value or profit. Gil Friend is Founder/CEO of Natural Logic, Inc. and Author of The Truth About Green Business EarthSayer Gil Friend |

Ecological Sustainability vs. the Growth Imperative

Plan A, Because There is No Plan B - Mike Barry, Marks & Spencer

Can We Afford the Future by Dr. Frank Ackerman

Sustainability and The Future of Capitalism by Jonathon Porritt

The New, New Deal by EcoTrust

Grasslands and Carbon by John Fullerton

Can A Green Business be a Profitable One by Gary Hirshberg

The Blue Economy by Gunter Pauli

Introduction to New World Bank President Dr. Jim Kim

Jobs in a Schrinking Economy by Peter Victor

Give It Back! Oil and the Smart Citizen Dividend by Johnny West

Prosperity without Growth 2 of 2 by Tim Jackson

What Is Value by Rory Sutherland

Occupy Wall Street by Joseph Stiglitz

Capitalism Hits the Fan - Richard Wolff

The Failure Of Success by George Land

The Pricing Trap by Gerard O'Neill

What's the Purpose of Business? Not Shareholder Value by Gil Friend

The Environment and Economy in Conflict by Dean Gus Speth

Measuring What Matters by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Part 2 of 2

Cultural Capitalism by Slovoj Zizek, philosopher

Pioneers of the new economy by Michael Shuman

The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones

The Environmental Imperative by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Part 1 of 2

RIGHT RELATIONSHIP: Building a Whole Earth Economy by Peter Brown

The Future of Globalization by Jeffrey Sachs

Poverty and the Recovering Economy by Elizabeth Lynne

Alan AtKisson: Describing the History of GDP

Nature's Role in Economic Development by Sir Partha DasGupta

Toward a Truly Free Market by John Medaille

Changing Structural Context of our Economy by Jeffrey Hollender

The Future of Economic Growth by Michael Spence

Rio+20 Summit - Sha Zukang

Vision Across Boundries and Understanding Connections

A View of Occupy Wall Street by David Korten

Broadband, the Internet and Economic Development by John Davies

The Paradigm Project by Greg Spencer

Economic Transformation Not Enough by Professor Will Steffen

The Ten Principles Of Economics and What They Mean

Re-thinking the Future by Ellen MacArthur with Jon Snow

Visualizing a Plenitude Economy by Juliet Schor

How Free Is the Free Market? - Raj Patel

Conscious Capitalism: Triple Bottom Line

How Corporations Became Persons by Thom Hartmann

Born to Buy by Juliet Schor

Building A Caring Economy by Riane Eisler

Sustainability, Innovation and Economic Recovery by Jean Brittingham

Introduction to the Future Prosperity Panel

Change or Be Changed by Lester Brown

Canada's Social Finance Report

Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability by David Korten

The Lost Decade of the Middle Class by Pew Research Center

Sustainability and Externalizing Costs by John Fullerton

What is Impact Investing? by Jed Emerson

A Sustainability Culture Pays Off by George Serafeim

Fueling a Green Recovery by Richard Pollin

Enough is Enough by Ashol Khosla

Building A Caring Economy: Four Actions by Riane Eisler

Top Ten Largest Military Budgets in 2011

Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy

What is artificial material scarcity? by Marcin Jakubowski

We Are Laying Groundwork for "Next Great Revolution" by Gar Alperovitz

Sustainability and 3(e) TBL by Julia Anastasio

How do environmentalism and sustainabiliy differ?

Sacred Ecomics by Charles Eisenstein

Who controls the world? by James B. Glattfelder

Criminality and Morality by Sharif Abdullah

Visions of a Sustainable World by Paul Raskin

Davos Annual Meeting 2011 Economic Outlook

Raj Patel: The Value of Nothing

GrowthBusters Hooked on Growth by Dave Gardner

Peak Oil and the Globe's Limitations by Richard Heinberg

Rethinking Our Economic System

Capable Citizens and Functioning Ecosystems by Joss Tantram

There is no one policy, no one recipe by Elinor Ostrom

Entrepreneuring the Green Economy by Hunter Lovins

Green Economy and Sustainable Development

Are we in control of our own decisions? asks Dan Ariely

Just The Way It Is by Dr. Susan Krumdieck

Scoring Green Prosperity by Hazel Henderson

Grameen Bank: Humanizing the Face of Poverty by Shan Ali

Measuring Carbon Data by David Metcalfe

The Unregulated Free Market by Mat Stein, Part 2 of 2

What and How To Measure By Sir Mark Moody-Stuart

Sustainability: Accounting Reform? by Larry O'Connor

Sustainability and Impact Investing by John Fullerton

Proving Sustainability Drives Commercial Success by Anthony Kleanthous

The Economic Naturalist by Robert Frank

How can financial markets help protect the environment?
Challenges to Economic Prospects: Gordon Brown 2008

The Right Thing To Do by William Rees

Redefine Profit and Reset the Economy by Prof Roger Steare

At the Intersection of Politics and Economics by Gar Alperovitz

New Economics Party in New Zealand by Deirdre Kent

The Economics of Happiness

Can financial markets protect the environment by Adam Davis

Prosperity Without Growth 1 of 2 by Tim Jackson

The Challenges Ahead for a Sustainable Future by Robert Costanza

Sustainability: Looking Away by John Perkins