In May 2019, Ben Steverman in Bloomberg Businessweek reviewed the Economist Gabriel Zucman, “The Wealth Detective “ and the new army of economists remaking economic theory. Professor Gabriel Zucman studied under Thomas Piketty in Paris, the author of “ Capital in the Twenty First Century” (2013). Professor Zucman , along with colleague Emmanuel Saez, estimate that the top 0.1% of tax payers – about 170,00 families in a country of 330 million people – control 20% of the American wealth, the highest share since 1929. The top 1% control 39% and the bottom 90% have only 26%. Zucman also found [ Read More ]
Archive for June, 2019
FWOP has been involved in various urban and rural agriculture projects in Mexico, Costa Rica and USA for many years. Our FWOP colleague, Dr. Isidor Wallimann, a leader in social economy and urban gardens ( some 5000) in Basel, Switzerland. Basel. Social Economy focuses upon unemployed and underemployed in Basel. http://urbanagriculturebasel.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Social-and-Solidarity-Economy-for-Sustainable-Development-Perspectives-and-the-Social-Economy-Basel-Example-of-Practice.pdf Bonton Farms in Dallas is a Texas attempt to restore hope in a depressed urban community. https://www.facebook.com/pg/bontonfarms/videos/?ref=page_internal Hydroponics and Aquaponics Flor de Campo, a small village near Mazamitla, Mexico , was our first attempt with Aquaponics. UNT students teamed up with locals to build the structure according to Oscar [ Read More ]
