鈥淒on鈥檛 Owe. Won鈥檛 Pay.鈥� Everything You鈥檝e Been Told About Debt Is Wrong
With the nation鈥檚 household debt burden at $11.85 trillion, even the most modest challenges to its legitimacy have revolutionary implications.
Wealth and inequality
These Former Debt Collectors Decided to Ditch the Industry, Buy Up Medical Debt, and Forgive It
Jerry Ashton and Craig Antico spent decades hounding debtors to pay their bills鈥攗ntil an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street inspired them to find a way to pay struggling people's debts.
Infographic: The Real Reason You Have So Much Debt (It鈥檚 Not Crazy Spending)
$11.85 trillion in household debt has more to do with stagnant wages (and predatory banks) than shopping sprees.
Debt Collective Marches on New Orleans for Free Higher Ed
鈥淚t鈥檚 not about freeloading. It鈥檚 about what we鈥檙e willing to extend to each other as a society.鈥�
Economic Growth Doesn’t Make a Wealthy Nation, Safety and Happiness Do
Economist Kate Raworth explains why economic growth shouldn't be the only measure of a nation's wealth.
Obama鈥檚 Push for Corporate Rule: A Moment of Opportunity
Call it populism versus corporatism or democracy versus corporate rule. Either way, it is a far more meaningful political division than two political parties debating big government versus small.
Why 鈥淏road City鈥� Is the Perfect Comedy for the Student Debt Generation
The Comedy Central show allows millennials of a specific demographic鈥攁nd even those outside of it鈥攖o laugh at the situation the 1 percent has handed them.
Alternative Currencies Are Bigger Than Bitcoin: How They鈥檙e Building Prosperity From London to Kenya
The Brixton Pound, Koru Kenya, and Mazacoin are all attempting to achieve a common goal: empowering people in a monetarily unequal world, from the bottom up.
Alaska Bolstered Its Economy and Curbed Inequality鈥擝y Paying Everyone Thousands in Oil Dividends Every Year
After 30 years, the practice of paying every resident鈥攊ncluding children鈥攁t least $1,000 has made Alaska one of the least unequal states in America. Here's what the rest of us can learn.
What White People Can Do for Food Justice
Creator of Master Cooks Corps train-the-trainer program Chef Nadine Nelson says White people in the food movement should ask themselves: What are you doing to hold yourself accountable to people of color?
How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today
Instead of loaning students money, the federal government could just pay for their tuition, without causing any significant economic problems.
Occupy Offshoot Cancels $4 Million in Predatory Student Loans鈥攁nd Starts a Debtors Union
First, they started buying up鈥攁nd canceling鈥攊ndividuals鈥� medical debt. Now the people behind Rolling Jubilee are taking on student loans from a for-profit university that exploits the poor鈥攁nd the whole debt system could be next.
Welcome to the Spanish Town Where People Come Before Profit
The town of Marinaleda, often called Spain's "communist utopia," is proof that an economy built on mutual aid is possible.
Learning From Debt: How It Strengthened My Dreams and Brought My Family Closer
The experience of debt can guide us toward different ways of living鈥攍ike having extended generations share a household鈥攖hat are both cheaper and more fulfilling.
“Black Women鈥檚 Blueprint” Helps Low-Income Women Get By鈥擳hrough Bartering
Farah Tanis learned that, of the women in poverty she worked with, 9 out of 10 had experienced violence鈥攕o she started a bartering network to help them survive.
Our Economy Wants You to Be In Debt鈥�5 Things You Can Do to Take Charge
We pored through a debt-resistance manual created by former Occupiers to bring you these practical tips.
In Rural Kansas, an Experiment Makes Hitchhiking Safe Again
The people behind the project borrowed some tricks from ride-sharing apps like Lyft, but tweaked the details so the rides are free.
Artist’s Dollar-Bill Collages Question the Meaning of Money
"Anarchists are certain I'm an anarchist because I cut up a favorite tool of the oppressor," artist Mark Wagner says. "Capitalists think I'm a capitalist because I revel in it."
Brand New From Annie Leonard: The Story of Solutions
The final film in the 鈥淪tory of Stuff鈥� series asks, What if the goal of our economy wasn鈥檛 more, but better鈥攂etter health, better jobs, and a better chance to survive on the planet?
Bitcoin’s Growing Influence: How Peer-to-Peer Currencies Are Taking Off
The decentralization and bank-free nature of this digital currency is enjoying wider acceptance. Meanwhile, governments are beginning to borrow from its ideas.
It鈥檚 a 鈥淪tory Problem鈥�: What鈥檚 Behind Our Messed-Up Economy
The peoples of earlier times prospered from the guidance of simple stories that offered answers to their deepest questions. We need those now more than ever.
The Bright Side of the Money Crisis
Is this 鈥渢he most exciting time to be alive in human history鈥�? The economists and scientists interviewed in this film think so, and the reasons are all about the chance to create a more fair and sustainable global economy.
What India Taught Me About How to End Hunger
Back in the 鈥�60s, Frances Moore Lapp茅 realized that hunger is caused by a scarcity of democracy, not food. Then, a collective of courageous women farmers showed her how to change that.
The Trillion Dollar Coin: A Debt Solution for the People
Far from being a gimmick, having the U.S. Treasury mint high-denomination coins is a solution that cuts to the root of America鈥檚 financial problems. And Benjamin Franklin would have liked it, too.
Radical Generosity
What鈥檚 better than turning a profit by selling your work? Filmmakers, cafe owners, and even corporations like Panera Bread point to the satisfaction that comes with giving it away.
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