List of articles for ‘Economy’ 
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Partners in Crime: Obesity and Poverty
Centuries ago, when obesity was a sign of wealth and power, kings and those of nobility would eat as they wished as the lower class of society struggled to find food to eat. In today’s present society these beliefs have been flipped upside down. Those with a low socioeconomic status encompass the overweight majority and [...]
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University’s international students face economic difficulties
University’s international students face economic difficulties By Shambhu Sharan The recent economic downturn hurt many university students. The students, who graduated or are graduating soon, face difficulties paying their different bills. Most students have jobs. However, the international students have many more problems. The University of Texas at Arlington’s international students makes up 10 percent [...]
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News Fom New York
Nada Khader has been invited to a forum at the United Nations on June 25th that will explore the harmful impact of neo-liberalist economics on Latin America. She has been invited by the Bolivian Ambassador’s wife and she will be meeting with President Morales of Bolivia as well as President Correa of Ecuador. Nada has [...]
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Reflections from PROUT’s 50th Anniversary
50th Anniversary Seminar Though I have a bachelor’s degree in Economics, working on my Masters in Business Administration, it was difficult for me to digest the PROUT philosophy in the beginning. I have tried to remain open and keep my patience through my initial studies of PROUT, which contradicted many of the ideas I’ve been [...]
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Small businesses affected by current economic crisis
By Shambhu Sharan Large businesses import goods from the other countries in large quantities at a lower price, but the small businesses buy their products locally, which are more expensive. That has impacted small businesses. The current economic downturn has hurt small businesses in the U.S. and also across the Metroplex. Southern Methodist University economics [...]
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Social Entrepreneurs: Transformers of Business and Society
By Dan Butts and Mike Whitty Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry. Bill Drayton, CEO, chair and founder of Ashoka, a global nonprofit organization devoted to developing the profession of social entrepreneurship Social entrepreneurs combine [...]
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Share Card – A Bridge from Capitalism to Prout
By Acarya Vimaleshananda Avadhuta Society changes. As it happens for human growth the changes might be negligible in the short run but along the years a child becomes an adult and an adult becomes an aged person. Living in a capitalistic society, we may have noticed that changes are happening. Yet we are not able [...]
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Myth of Improvement of Economic Recession
By Adarsh Chandrakar World economy is facing the worst time since the great depression of 1930. This recession started with the reduction of Business and Banks having the credit crisis for conducting their further business in December 2007. Banks either started defaulting or getting acquired by other bigger banks. This resulted in huge job loss [...]
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Small Business: Not Too Big To Fail, Too Small To Succeed
By Marc Friedland Not Too Big To Fail, Too Small To Succeed: this is the plight of small businesses in an economic downturn. Many people understand that small businesses are a vital part of any community, and the recent economic downturn has made them conspicuous by their absence. The failure of small businesses can cause [...]
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Casino Capitalism and Collapse of the American Economy
By Susmit Kumar, Ph.D. ABSTRACT With the advent of internet technology and subsequent integration of national and global economies in the last couple of decades, brilliant brains have devised methods to generate money for millionaires and billionaires by moving money from one place to another any place in the world by the click of a [...]