Tag: debt

Inside the Rolling Jubilee, the First P2P Bailout

11.18.12, 7:59pm Comments (0)

For those wondering about the people and thinking behind The Rolling Jubilee, here's an interview with Mike Andrews, an organizer who helped set it up. Read more »

Open-Source Platform Adds Transparency to Municipal Credit Rating

By Michel Bauwens

08.08.12, 12:47pm Comments (1)

Marc Joffe believes that the solution to future economic problems is to have more transparent government bond ratings, so he created an open source rating model. Read more »

A 12-Year-Old Girl Explains the Global Debt Crisis [VIDEO]

By Paul M. Davis

06.15.12, 1:32pm Comments (3)

Precocious 12-year-old Victoria Grant explains how her native Canada and the rest of the world has accrued an untenable amount of debt Read more »

There Is An Alternative

By Charles Eisenstein

02.29.12, 11:29am Comments (14)

Charles Eisenstein reviews David Graeber's magisterial new book Debt: The First 5000 Years Read more »

Bartering Helps Greeks Survive Economic Crisis

By Beth Buczynski

11.01.11, 12:46pm Comments (1)

Years of economic free fall teach Greeks that you don't need money to have a good time. Read more »

This Week in Sharing

By Malcolm Harris

06.09.11, 7:37am Comments (0)

I don't know about where all you readers are, but where I am it's too hot to write snappy links round-up intros. Read more »

Congrats College Grads! Now What?

By Malcolm Harris

05.23.11, 10:40am Comments (0)

It's that time of the year for college seniors, and as some of our readers graduate, we're happy to collect some of the best Shareable pieces on post-graduate life. Read more »

Bad Education: The Student Debt Complex

By Malcolm Harris

05.09.11, 11:57am Comments (2)

The nearly axiomatic good of a university degree in American society has allowed a higher education bubble to expand to the point of bursting. Read more »

This Week in Sharing

By Malcolm Harris

11.25.10, 1:53pm Comments (0)

Dearest readers, here are our links of the week. For our American readers, this is a holiday Thursday, but every day is Thanksgiving at Shareable. So, no matter your nationality, celebrate by sharing the links you're thankful for in the comments. Read more »