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Boston’s Fare-Free Bus Experiment

NonProfit Quarterly

Given how US policing disproportionately harms Black, Brown, and poor communities, eliminating fare enforcement is not just an economic issue but a racial justice demand. Highway to Hell The existing US transportation system causes and perpetuates several social, economic, and environmental harms.

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Why Reparations Can Counter the Legacy of a 50-Year “War on Drugs”

NonProfit Quarterly

The informal economy is a diversified set of economic activities that are unprotected and unregulated by the state. A report released by EAT and the University of Illinois Chicago’s Center for Urban Economic Development found that 48 percent of Black informal workers reported jobs paying a regular paycheck were not available to them.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Even philanthropists working on the economic issues of jobs and incomes tend to sidestep the root problem of how to strengthen an economy’s productive capabilities.

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Newsletter: Shocking & Sad News (But Not Serious) ; Charity Partners with Garden Centers to Promote Safe Sex ; Why Your Nonprofit Needs to Get ‘Grief-Smart’

Selfish Giving

Economic issues. Brittany will unpack how economic factors like inflation and interest rate spikes will influence POS giving through the rest of the year. ?? Social issues & consumer preferences. My oldest child, my daughter Cate, is graduating summa cum laude from George Washington University next week! ??

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

RR: The book is based on your discovery that everyone’s “economic issues are also emotional ones.” But on the other hand, you can see that in a country without universal healthcare, all it takes is a cancer diagnosis to decimate your wealth. How is suffering at the hand of market forces a ubiquitous but uneven phenomenon?