Topic: New economic paradigms
Vstani, Amerika, vstani!
Article / 20th May 2025Prišel je čas, ko mora Amerika hitro preoblikovati svoje vrednote s pomočjo bolj vključujoče in duhovne vizije, ki temelji na pravični delitvi svetovnih virov. Na vas, mladih Američanih, je, da prevzamete vodstvo in organizirate neprekinjene proteste v sleherni zvezni državi, dokler ta vsedržavni val miroljubnih protestov ne bo sčasoma zajel celotnega sveta.
World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers
News / 5th August 2024The world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2% tax on their fast-growing wealth to raise £250bn a year for the global fight against poverty, inequality and global heating, ministers from four leading economies have suggested.
Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights
Blog / 12th July 2024Economic growth allows the few to grow ever-wealthier. Ending poverty and environmental catastrophe demands fresh thinking, writes Olivier De Schutter.
The Commons and public services: A new way forward or an alternative to human rights?
Report / 23rd February 2024A briefing paper by GI-ESCR explores alternative approaches to delivering universal public services based on the shared ideas of the commons and human rights movements.
UN adopts plans for historic tax reform
News / 1st December 2023Countries at the UN have adopted by a landslide majority today a resolution to begin the process of establishing a framework convention on tax and completely change how global tax rules are decided.
We need an Economic Bill of Rights to save American democracy
Blog / 5th October 2023The time has come for a grand progressive coalition that will press the Democratic Party to redeem FDR’s 1944 call for a second Bill of Rights - guaranteeing economic security for all, write Harvey J. Kaye and Alan Minsky for Common Dreams.
Amid soaring poverty and hunger, Amnesty demands ‘universal social protection’ worldwide
Report / 12th May 2023As poverty rises amid intertwining crises, Amnesty International have issued an urgent call for governments worldwide to implement universal social protections to ensure that basic necessities are available to all.
Global commons: Ideas to shape the future and a new international economic order
Article / 6th April 2023With a renewal of internationalism again on the agenda, we need to urgently reflect on the concept of the global commons. Do natural resources not belong to all the inhabitants of the Earth?
The New International Economic Order stumbled once before. Will it succeed a second time around?
Article / 22nd February 2023Scholars and activists are developing a new political vision for managing the world economy that is reminiscent of the UN Declaration on a New International Economic Order, now 50 years old.