Thomas Piketty is probably the best-known economist of our time. In his works, he presents proposals on how we can make our economy and society fairer and more democratic. Pikettys economic plans include more economic...
She is currently one of the most sought-after economists in the world: Isabella Weber is an expert on price trends and inflation - and is considered the "inventor" of the gas price cap. She has...
Fighting housing shortage: Airbnb & Co should share more data with authorities to prevent fraud
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The business of platforms like Airbnb and Booking is booming: more and more private apartments are being rented out online. While this is good for tourists and hosts, it also leads to significant problems in...
Los Angeles implemented a new tax on luxurious real estate to finance affordable housing and combat homelessness
Noah Düker
Los Angeles implemented a so-called “mansion tax”. At a rate of 4% for real estate purchases between 5 and 10 million dollars and 5.5 percent for properties over ten million dollars. All in all, the...
“Creating Prosperity Together”: How the social economy model saved the English city of Preston
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For a long time, Preston was the centre of industry in England. But when the city's big companies decided to move production to low-wage countries, the economy collapsed and Preston plunged into a deep crisis....
Bolivia, a country in the Andes, has developed strongly in recent years. Since the left-wing president Evo Morales took office, poverty in the country has been more than halved, life expectancy has risen by four...
Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz is concerned about increasing social inequality in the world. The gap between rich and poor is widening. To reverse the trend, he calls for the super-rich to pay a higher...
Rewarding “Good” Companies—How the Economy for the Common Good Wants to Change the World
Ingo Geiger
The Economy for the Common Good (ECG) is an alternative to the existing economic model of capitalism, including the pursuit of profit and constant growth. The ultimate goal is a good life for all people....
An investigation by Greenpeace, Business Insider and ZDF frontal proves that Amazon continues to throw away and destroy returns and new goods. Secretly recorded images and conversations with employees reveal the ecological madness of a...
Redistributing 11 billion dollars: Colombia’s left-wing president wants to fight poverty with a wealth tax
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Colombia's President Gustavo Petro wants to tax oil exports and the rich. This could raise 11.5 billion dollars a year for the country. Petro wants to use this money to fight poverty among the population...