Publications

Discover how innovative practices in food security, local economy, renewable energy, education, health, and technology are transforming villages into sustainable, thriving communities. This research seeks to uncover models that can inspire other villages, while respecting their unique potential and characteristics.

Many Indonesian villages are thriving through innovative development practices. This survey highlights how six villages are leveraging local wisdom and resources to drive progress in food sustainability, renewable energy, education, health, and technology, while fostering democratic engagement.

The Human Economy, composed of two interwoven economies, puts the creation of income-generating livelihoods front and centre. The digital capitalist economy generates the surplus needed to remunerate work for the common good. And the human commons produce the consumption demand needed to keep the market economy going.

In the 10th global Think Tank Rankings of University of Pennsylvania, the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation continues to rank among the best think tanks.

Important shifts in urban geography and mobility culture demand a new mobility politics focused on quality of life. One that initiates and organises processes of change, shaping them in dialogue with all stakeholders. Strong functional diversity is a must. All modes of transport must be coordinated, sustainable mobility strengthened and public…

Building culture is the key to a decent life in our cities, towns and villages. But politics has tended to neglect this area of activity. That must change under a future Social Democrat-led government.

German Economic Analysis Using a Macroeconomic Structural Model

good society – social democracy #2017plus

A strong state that invests in society’s future viability in accordance with social justice pursues an active tax and financial policy, on both the income and the expenditure sides.

This is because financial policy has a decisive and very concrete influence on people’s everyday lives. In this paper our aim is to show what comprises active…

A collection of showcases on tolerance in different areas as the main strength in multicultural Indonesia.

Florian A. Schmidt | Digital Labour Markets in the Platform Economy | Mapping the Political Challenges of Crowd Work and Gig Work | good society – social democracy #2017plus