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Of Myths and Markets: Moving Beyond the Capitalist God That Failed Us

NonProfit Quarterly

After World War II, NAM was joined by the Foundation for Economics Education and the Mount Pelerin Society, named for the community near Geneva, Switzerland, where the group was founded in 1947. in his Riverside Church address deemed a revolution of values from a thing-oriented culture to a person-oriented one” (176).

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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

What was Freelancers Union doing for the most precarious workers, beyond its main constituency of educated professionals? Our reigning frameworks for taxation and securities don’t enable the kinds of association required. Through the organization, freelancers like me could band together and buy insurance at a group rate.

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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

She is preparing a road map of awareness and education for the sector. These range from arts, cultural and heritage activities, financial guidance, physical activity, and nature experiences, each of which fosters social connections. Transportation connects people with friends, family, passions, and pastimes.

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Ancestor in the Making: A Future Where Philanthropy’s Legacy Is Stopping the Bad and Building the New

NonProfit Quarterly

We witnessed huge shifts to public education with dramatic differences in per-pupil spending, because resources were no longer allocated by zip code. This led to the requirement of US federal agencies to secure the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent of Indigenous Nations related to their environment, lands, water, livelihoods, and culture.

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

Corporate capture is evident not just in regulatory agencies but also in elections, the halls of government, the media, music, art, and any other cultural sites corporate elites can get their hands on. Culture and ideas. Corporate capture is visible too in the names adorning the walls of nonprofit university and hospital buildings.