How You Can Live Debt-Free
In modern society, debt often feels like an inevitable part of life. From student loans and mortgages to credit card balances, many people often find themselves wondering…
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How and Why to Demonetize Your Life
To “demonetize” your life might sound like an abstract or even overly idealistic thing, but at its heart, it’s about taking a step back and reconsidering what…
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Turning Hours into Opportunity: How a Time Co-op is Changing Lives in San Antonio
In San Antonio, Texas, a quiet shift may be starting to take place. Amid the nation’s 7th largest city, where money dictates most exchanges, a group of…
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The Movement That Remembers: On Time Banking and the Recovery of Human Meaning
By one who still believes in grace… There is no word more profaned in modern discourse than “community.” It is whispered like a prayer in marketing campaigns,…
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Redefining the Human Role in the Post-Labor Economy: Embracing a New Future
As we move into a time of unprecedented technological advancement, the nature of work is undergoing a radical transformation. Automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly…
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“The Sources of Social Power” by Michael Mann – a review
Few books attempt to chart the fundamental structures of human civilization—and fewer still do so with the depth, breadth, and intellectual rigor found in Michael Mann’s The…
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“No More Throw-Away People: The Co-Production Imperative,” by Edgar S. Cahn – a review
In “No More Throw-Away People: The Co-Production Imperative,” Edgar S. Cahn, a distinguished legal scholar and social innovator, introduces a transformative approach to social services and community…
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How We Do and Should Value a Person
How do we value a person? How should we value a person? The first question concerns what is, the second what ought to be. But to ask…
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Will We Come Together Again?
The Great Depression taught Americans many things, but one lesson really stands out, not in the numbers or charts, but in the stories that passed from grandparents…
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Flotsam; the remains of a shipwrecked life
The sea does not care. It takes what it wants and leaves the rest to drift. A man can build something strong, something that holds against the…