Inspired by the Capital Institute's Third Millennium Economy initiative, this collection highlights those voices - ecological economists, sociologist, finance professionals, environmentalists, community developers - advocating a restructuring of our economy to transition to a truly sustainable economic system.
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Richard Pollin Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, joins Robert Ricigliano, Director of the Institute of World Affairs, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee to discuss the need for a transition to environmental sustainability. Additionally, they discuss how policy makers are in disagreement of putting environmental issues on hold until after the economy is in a better position. Green Stimulus Program
EarthSayers Richard Pollin; Robert Ricigliano |

Scoring Green Prosperity by Hazel Henderson

Cultural Capitalism by Slovoj Zizek, philosopher

Measuring Carbon Data by David Metcalfe

Who controls the world? by James B. Glattfelder

The New, New Deal by EcoTrust

Top Ten Largest Military Budgets in 2011

Sacred Ecomics by Charles Eisenstein

Sustainability: Looking Away by John Perkins

Poverty and the Recovering Economy by Elizabeth Lynne

Plan A, Because There is No Plan B - Mike Barry, Marks & Spencer

Raj Patel: The Value of Nothing

Sustainability and Externalizing Costs by John Fullerton

Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability by David Korten

The Blue Economy by Gunter Pauli

Ecological Sustainability vs. the Growth Imperative

Grameen Bank: Humanizing the Face of Poverty by Shan Ali

A Sustainability Culture Pays Off by George Serafeim

How do environmentalism and sustainabiliy differ?

The Challenges Ahead for a Sustainable Future by Robert Costanza

Sustainability and The Future of Capitalism by Jonathon Porritt
Challenges to Economic Prospects: Gordon Brown 2008

What is Impact Investing? by Jed Emerson

At the Intersection of Politics and Economics by Gar Alperovitz

Changing Structural Context of our Economy by Jeffrey Hollender

The Failure Of Success by George Land

Economic Transformation Not Enough by Professor Will Steffen

There is no one policy, no one recipe by Elinor Ostrom

Visualizing a Plenitude Economy by Juliet Schor

What's the Purpose of Business? Not Shareholder Value by Gil Friend

Sustainability: Accounting Reform? by Larry O'Connor

Nature's Role in Economic Development by Sir Partha DasGupta

Toward a Truly Free Market by John Medaille

What Is Value by Rory Sutherland

The Right Thing To Do by William Rees

The Environment and Economy in Conflict by Dean Gus Speth

Redefine Profit and Reset the Economy by Prof Roger Steare

Entrepreneuring the Green Economy by Hunter Lovins

How can financial markets help protect the environment?

Criminality and Morality by Sharif Abdullah

The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones

Canada's Social Finance Report

Measuring What Matters by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Part 2 of 2

Just The Way It Is by Dr. Susan Krumdieck

Give It Back! Oil and the Smart Citizen Dividend by Johnny West

Visions of a Sustainable World by Paul Raskin

Capitalism Hits the Fan - Richard Wolff

Re-thinking Progress: The Circular Economy

Vision Across Boundries and Understanding Connections

The Paradigm Project by Greg Spencer

Sustainability and Impact Investing by John Fullerton

Building A Caring Economy by Riane Eisler

What is artificial material scarcity? by Marcin Jakubowski

Capable Citizens and Functioning Ecosystems by Joss Tantram

Green Economy and Sustainable Development

Re-thinking the Future by Ellen MacArthur with Jon Snow

Conscious Capitalism: Triple Bottom Line

Pioneers of the new economy by Michael Shuman

Born to Buy by Juliet Schor

Proving Sustainability Drives Commercial Success by Anthony Kleanthous

The Lost Decade of the Middle Class by Pew Research Center

GrowthBusters Hooked on Growth by Dave Gardner

Enough is Enough by Ashol Khosla

Prosperity without Growth 2 of 2 by Tim Jackson

Introduction to New World Bank President Dr. Jim Kim

Occupy Wall Street by Joseph Stiglitz

The Economics of Happiness

Rethinking Our Economic System

We Are Laying Groundwork for "Next Great Revolution" by Gar Alperovitz

The Economic Naturalist by Robert Frank

Peak Oil and the Globe's Limitations by Richard Heinberg

The Ten Principles Of Economics and What They Mean

Davos Annual Meeting 2011 Economic Outlook

The Environmental Imperative by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Part 1 of 2

Are we in control of our own decisions? asks Dan Ariely

Can We Afford the Future by Dr. Frank Ackerman

Building A Caring Economy: Four Actions by Riane Eisler

A View of Occupy Wall Street by David Korten

Rio+20 Summit - Sha Zukang

The Future of Economic Growth by Michael Spence

Grasslands and Carbon by John Fullerton

The Pricing Trap by Gerard O'Neill

Can A Green Business be a Profitable One by Gary Hirshberg

What and How To Measure By Sir Mark Moody-Stuart

How Corporations Became Persons by Thom Hartmann

Jobs in a Schrinking Economy by Peter Victor

Introduction to the Future Prosperity Panel

Sustainability and 3(e) TBL by Julia Anastasio

New Economics Party in New Zealand by Deirdre Kent

Can financial markets protect the environment by Adam Davis

The Unregulated Free Market by Mat Stein, Part 2 of 2

Sustainability, Innovation and Economic Recovery by Jean Brittingham

Change or Be Changed by Lester Brown

The Future of Globalization by Jeffrey Sachs

Fueling a Green Recovery by Richard Pollin

How Free Is the Free Market? - Raj Patel

Broadband, the Internet and Economic Development by John Davies

Prosperity Without Growth 1 of 2 by Tim Jackson

Alan AtKisson: Describing the History of GDP

RIGHT RELATIONSHIP: Building a Whole Earth Economy by Peter Brown