Three Tax Reforms to Encourage Modernization of the Manufacturing Sector

Ethical MarketsResource Efficiency

Much of the equipment and production processes in America’s factories are decades old and not as efficient as modern equipment and processes in use by many of our international competitors. While some factories have been modernized, many have not. Modernizing these factories will allow them to better compete in world …

Teaching Happiness: The Prime Minister of Bhutan Takes on Education

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Teaching Happiness: The Prime Minister of Bhutan Takes on Education interviewed by Dahlia Colman With a shift to democracy in 2008, many in Bhutan are worried about the consequences of increasing globalization and modernization. Now, Bhutan?s first prime minister is attempting to radically transform the country?s education system to fight …

Fixing The US Budget – Straightforward Or The Hardest Problem On Earth?

Ethical MarketsReforming Global Finance

By Simon Johnson The conventional wisdom is that we face a serious budget problem, ballooning debt and political deadlock that prevents any semblance of progress either in the short term or over the next 20 years. “The sky is falling — cut everyone’s wages, slash Social Security, buy gold!” summarizes …