New Economy Movement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Economy_Coalition

The New Economy movement is often referred to as just 'new economy'. It considers that the current economic system needs to be restructured. The theory is based on the assumption that people and the planet should come first, and that it is human well-being, not economic growth, which should be prioritized. It draws on an aggregate of alternative economic thought that challenges the fundamental assumptions of mainstream neoclassical and Keynesian economics. Some of the approaches it includes a ecological economics, solidarity economy, commons, degrowth, systems thinking and Buddhist economics.

Gar Alperovitz described the New Economy movement as “... a far-ranging coming together of organizations, projects, activists, theorists and ordinary citizens committed to rebuilding the American political-economic system from the ground up."[16] In 2009, Sarah van Gelder wrote, “The new economy is about increasing quality of life, improving health, and restoring the environment."

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http://www.garalperovitz.com/2012/05/the-rise-of-the-new-economy-movement/

http://www.thenation.com/article/new-economy-movement/ (2011)

http://www.alternet.org/story/155452/the_rise_of_the_new_economy_movement (2012)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gar-alperovitz/the-rise-of-the-new-econo_b_1532549.html (2012)

http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-rise-of-the-new-economy-movement

http://www.resilience.org/resource-detail/2353188-weaving-the-community-resilience-and-new (2015)