A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
The fallacy of endless economic growth
Article / 27th March 2018There’s enough stuff to go around, enough for everyone to share in a decent life, so long as we all agree not to want too much. But that implies a process of social maturation on a scale never before seen. Because in order to retain our humanity in the face of limits, we have to confront inequality head on, writes Christopher Ketchammay for Pacific Standard.
Labour’s plan to tackle inequality can revive the ailing development sector
Blog / 27th March 2018If we want to rebuild support for international development, it must be recast as an issue of social justice. The UK Labour Party has thrown down the gauntlet for a radically different approach that aims to tackle inequality, transform the global economy and redistribute wealth and power, writes Nick Dearden.
Developing countries at risk from US rate rise, debt charity warns
News / 19th March 2018The expected rise in US interest rates will increase financial pressures on developing countries already struggling with a 60% jump in their debt repayments since 2014, a leading charity has warned.
Huge organizing effort, ’40 days of action’ launching to fight poverty
Article / 15th March 2018Fifty years after Martin Luther King’s initiative, a new Poor People’s Campaign connects religious faith to social justice. An interview with Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, by Eleanor J. Bader for AlterNet.
New documentary: The third industrial revolution – a radical new sharing economy
Article / 15th March 2018The global economy is in crisis. The exponential exhaustion of natural resources, declining productivity, slow growth, rising unemployment, and steep inequality, forces us to rethink our economic models. Where do we go from here?