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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. Historically, these resources have only materialized when countries have achieved massive expansions of economic productivity and opportunity.

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A Growing Movement for Black Food Sovereignty

NonProfit Quarterly

Rather, as Davy details, Black land loss was the product of white violence, including widespread lynchings—buttressed by legal, quasi-legal, and illegal land seizures. By 1920, 14 percent of farmers in the United States were Black; today, fewer than two percent are.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

RR: The book is based on your discovery that everyone’s “economic issues are also emotional ones.” The whole New Deal program—including the rights to employment, housing, food, and education, and other necessities—was framed using the word “security.” AT: That’s a great way of putting it, ubiquitous but uneven.