The book speaks to the widespread quest for concrete alternative ways forward 'beyond capitalism' in the face of the prevailing corporatocracy and a capitalist system in crisis. It examines a number of institutions and practices now being built in the nooks and crannies of present societies and that point beyond capitalism toward a more equal, participatory, and democratic society institutions such as cooperatives, public banks, the commons, economic democracy. This seminal collection of critical studies draws on academic and activist voices from the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and...
The book speaks to the widespread quest for concrete alternative ways forward 'beyond capitalism' in the face of the prevailing corporatocracy and a c...
In the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch in Bangladesh what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty reduction policies of all time. Microcredit, the system of disbursing tiny micro-loans to the poor to help them to establish their own income-generating activities, was initially highly praised, but in recent years it has been subject to rising scrutiny and criticism. Microcredit, Development and Over-indebtedness shines a light on many of the problems surrounding microcredit and microfinance, in particular the short and long-term impacts...
In the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch in Bangladesh what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty red...
In the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch in Bangladesh what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty reduction policies of all time. Microcredit, the system of disbursing tiny micro-loans to the poor to help them to establish their own income-generating activities, was initially highly praised, but in recent years it has been subject to rising scrutiny and criticism. Microcredit, Development and Over-indebtedness shines a light on many of the problems surrounding microcredit and microfinance, in particular the short and long-term impacts...
In the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch in Bangladesh what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty red...
