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It's Our Money: Going Local

Globalization has given giant private interests virtually free reign to influence policies and institutions that undermine local interests. This dominant economic paradigm in which private interests trump public interest is being pushed back by emerging forces ranging from new financial technologies, social media and changing populist narratives about the importance of effective public governance.

Regional Policy Frameworks of Social Solidarity Economy in South America

This paper looks at how the social and solidarity economy (SSE) discourse has been  deployed at a regional level by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and Southern American Common Market (MERCOSUR), and the implications of these new policy frameworks for the advancement of SSE practices.

Participatory Budgeting in Schools Lesson Plans

We all want young people to become civically engaged. This can start now, in school! PBP has developed a free Guide for you to give students a direct experience in civic engagement through Participatory Budgeting.

August 3, 2016

Market Socialism In Yugoslavia and its Relevance to Cuba Today

John Curl spent two weeks in Cuba as a member of a 28-person multinational delegation of cooperative movement activists and academics, organized by the Center for Global Justice.  Cuba is reinventing their economy based on worker cooperatives in small enterprises, instead of the government trying to run the entire economy. They are still in the experimental stage, with most of the pilot programs located in Havana.  Curl read his paper, “Market Socialism in Yugoslavia and its Relevance to Cuba”, on June 28, 2016 at the University of Havana.