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Helena Norberg-Hodge: The Economics of Happiness
January 28, 2011
"Economics has a lot to do with unhappiness," says Helena Norberg-Hodge, co-director of The Economics of Happiness. "We have an economic system that is systematically creating job scarcity worldwide," she notes, and it's time that we stopped obsessing about bottom lines, corporate growth, and income at the top and started to think about other ways of measuring positive effects in global society.
Laurie Penny, the Economics of Happiness, and Snow Justice
January 27, 2011
"It's a very, very exciting time to be involved in politics," says the New Statesman's Laurie Penny, who has a cover story in the magazine this week on what's next for the student protesters in London now that the Liberal Democrat/Conservative government has passed the education budget cuts. Disability funding and even the National Health Service are in the sights of the government's hatchet, and the students are hard at work reaching out to broaden their coalition.
Making Infrastructure Sexy Again
February 17, 2010
After our terrifying experience with a manhole explosion and fire at the office last Thursday, the pressing need for infrastructure investment was brought home to us here at GRITtv in a very real way. Years of budget cuts and tax cuts have led to public safety hazards around the country, and the stimulus bill isn't enough to fix all the electrical, structural, and other problems.
Infrastructure, Kathleen Hanna, and Jay Smooth
February 16, 2010
After our terrifying experience with a manhole explosion and fire at the office last Thursday, the pressing need for infrastructure investment was brought home to us here at GRITtv in a very real way. Years of budget cuts and tax cuts have led to public safety hazards around the country, and the stimulus bill isn't enough to fix all the electrical, structural, and other problems.
Public Housing and the American Dream
December 17, 2009
Reinhold Martin, Columbia professor of Architecture joined us in the studio for a fascinating discussion public housing, urban and rural living, and the fact that many "public" provisions that do not carry a stigma.
Fixing Capitalism, Public Housing, and Kambale Musavuli
December 16, 2009
Breaking News: Citigroup is getting more tax breaks, and Ben Bernanke is Time’s Person of the Year. The recession's over! Not so fast.
John Nichols: Money For Jobs From TARP
December 8, 2009
John Nichols of the Nation has a suggestion for the President: use the bank bailout dollars to put regular Americans back to work.
Local Climate Solutions, Mary McBride, and Honduras Fraud
December 7, 2009
As the Copenhagen conference on climate change begins this week, 56 newspapes in 45 countries carried one editorial that called for common action around the world, for governments of countries rich and poor, developed and developing to work together for solutions.
Rural South Suffers Stigma of HIV
November 4, 2009
From RH Reality Check, this video looks at the state of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in South Carolina. Much of the state is poor and rural, and suffers from a lack of both proper health care funds and proper education for the population.
Learning from Religion, Youth for Obama, and Bernie Sanders
November 3, 2009
It's election day in the U.S. and with Democratic candidates facing tough races in several states, we take a look at what the left can learn from religious organizations, who manage to keep people coming back week after week. Does religion have a place in social justice movements, and does the right have a lock on religious motivation to act?

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