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Rethinking prosperity

24 March 2016

  • Susana Guaman protesting for fairer pay outside Topshop’s Oxford Street store

    Topshop owner Philip Green worth £4.3bn; store cleaners say their wages don’t cover rent and food

    As contracted cleaners demand fairer pay, fashion chain removes document supporting living wage from website after Guardian inquiry

9 March 2016

  • Rush hour in Delhi

    Delhi's air pollution is a classic case of environmental injustice

    James K Boyce and Aseem Shrivastava
    India’s new tax on car sales is a step in the right direction, but can the country address the wealth and power imbalance driving the health disaster?

24 February 2016

  • Emmet, a character from the Lego Movie

    Automation will mark the end of our work-obsessed society

    David Frayne
    We live in a profoundly work-centred world; if automation is to benefit us we need to ask big critical questions about the purpose and value of our jobs

22 February 2016

  • A woman at a nursing home in San Lorenzo, Italy, talks to Robot-Era

    Will automation make us happier? – live chat

    Join experts online on Thursday 25 February 1-2pm GMT to discuss how we can ensure the best possible outcome from automation

17 February 2016

  • Paul Mason

    Automation may mean a post-work society but we shouldn't be afraid

    Paul Mason
  • DOEN holding image

    The last job on Earth: imagining a fully automated world – video

16 February 2016

  • A man delivering goods passes a fashion billboard in Beijing, China

    As the rich get richer everyone else gets less happy

    Research suggests that as the wealth of the richest explodes, the rest of us are left stressed, worried, angry and with lower levels of life satisfaction

28 January 2016

  • A young boy wearing a dust respirator walks in heavy smog in Jinan, China

    The best thing a business could do for the environment is shut down

    Christopher Wright
    ... of course, they’re not going to do that. So how do managers balance their climate change fears and the reality of the business world?

6 January 2016

  • Profile of a young woman reading a book

    Capitalism under the spotlight: six must-read books

    From 1970s sci-fi to modern-day India via postcapitalism and work slaves, check out our recommended reading for the coming year

22 December 2015

  • Protesters in Bangladesh protesting for justice for climate refugees

    Why vulnerable countries must take ownership of their skies

    Robert Costanza, Lorenzo Fioramonti and Ida Kubiszewski
    Vandana Shiva, Hunter Lovins and other campaigners call on governments to create a global trust that would sue polluters for damaging the atmosphere

16 December 2015

  • Community graphic of people in houses reaching out hands

    Pay it forward: the New Zealand town where your time is a currency

    When the port town of Lyttleton was devastated by a series of earthquakes, time banking helped the community harness the resources to rebuild

15 December 2015

  • European flags

    Tackling corporate tax avoidance is an alternative to EU austerity

    Richard Murphy
    Wednesday’s vote will show whether the European commission upholds the interests of its citizens, or sides with large corporations, says Corbyn advisor

10 December 2015

  • The Sol Cinema

    From Peckham to Brooklyn: the projects bringing together communities – in pictures

    We asked readers to send us pictures of the community projects at the heart of their neighbourhoods via GuardianWitness. Here is a selection of the best, from the world’s smallest solar powered cinema to community allotments in south Wales

1 December 2015

  • Camden Restart party

    Hacking Apple: putting the power of tech back into our hands

    Kat Braybrooke
    From Bristol to Sheffield, diverse groups of makers, fixers and techies are creating more self-reliant communities

24 November 2015

  • A woman walks past a sign reading “prosperity” in Beijing

    We're addicted to growth - here are six ways to wean ourselves off

  • Chinese family Tiananmen Square

    Can the planet handle China's new two-child policy?

    Andrew Winston

23 November 2015

  • Orchard planting at Ninewells Community Garden, Dundee

    The community projects at the heart of your neighbourhoods - share your pictures

    Do you have a favourite local food growing project, a mini street library on your way to work or a sharing project in your neighbourhood? Share your photos with us via GuardianWitness

18 November 2015

  • A shareholder protest

    Outraged by CEO salaries? It was your shares that approved them

    David Pitt-Watson
    There is little recognition of the pressure that we, the citizen investors, can put on companies to act more socially responsibly

11 November 2015

  • Produce seller at Islington Green farmers’ market

    How can we support thriving local economies? - live chat

    Catch-up on what happened during our live discussion on local economies - including whether you can support your local economy if you still shop at Tesco.

10 November 2015

  • Artwork in Athens by street artist Wild Drawing

    Can social enterprise help fix the Greek crisis?

    Despite youth unemployment at 53%, Greece’s young entrepreneurs face state obstacles and hostility
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