The role of money - openDemocracy (Page 9)

Governments’ obsession with cost-effectiveness is supposed to increase the impact of public spending. In reality it’s used to justify decisions in times of austerity, while pumping scarce resources into an industry of consultants.

By Cathy Shutt

/ 11 Aug 2014

You can add us to equations but they never make us equal: participatory budgeting in Boston

How would you spend one million dollars of public money? From a house made of bacon to public WiFi booths, deliberating over budgets can be a transformative experience.

By Peter Levine

/ 4 Aug 2014

I am sorry for you, you mean well: trust and history in the making of a better world

Why do foreign aid and advice so often fail? A transformative social vision means nothing without humility.

By Rosalind Eyben

/ 24 Jun 2014

It’s time to put the power of sharing back into the sharing economy

A vibrant debate is questioning the meaning of sharing in relation to the big questions of our time.

By Adam Parsons

/ 23 Jun 2014

Well-being is more than a side-show to neoliberal economics

Well-being is not just a luxury for good economic times. Reducing poverty and promoting equality are more important goals than simply increasing the size of the economy. To this end, new data shows that stability is better than growth.

By Christine Berry

/ 23 Apr 2014

Can philanthropic oligarchy nurture economic justice?

Will NGOs and foundations ever be able to look at their moneyed benefactors and challenge how they generated their wealth? The national correspondent of NonProfit Quarterly takes on our series on the role of money in the transformation of society.

By Rick Cohen

/ 15 Apr 2014