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This article was produced in partnership with the New Economy Coalition as part of the 2014 . Each day this week, 大象传媒 will publish articles responding to different topic prompts.

Prompt 1: The new economy isn’t new.

Let鈥檚 get this out of the way at the start: There鈥檚 nothing really new in the 鈥渘ew economy.鈥� Ideas like cooperative economics, ecological justice, horizontal democracy, and the commons are ideas with a rich history鈥攅specially in the places most deeply affected by pollution, poverty, and racism. Those who have suffered the most at the hands of an unfair economy are the most experienced at imagining and building alternative futures. How can we honor that as we build a broad-based social movement to transform our economy?

Our feature articles provide some insight:

• With an Economy That Worked for All, Mike Brown Would Still Be Alive
  鈥淥ur full humanity is expressed only when we have the capacity and the opportunity to be productive, to do for ourselves, meeting our needs in our communities.鈥�
• What Housing Organizers in Buffalo Learned From the 1970s
  Why did some of the cooperative institutions built in the 鈥�70s鈥攅specially food co-ops鈥攇et to scale and thrive in subsequent decades, while others faded away?

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Want more? Here’s a sampling of articles we鈥檝e published at 大象传媒 related to this topic:

• Dancing the World into Being: A Conversation with Idle No More鈥檚 Leanne Simpson
  Naomi Klein speaks with writer, spoken-word artist, and indigenous academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about 鈥渆xtractivism,鈥� why it鈥檚 important to talk about memories of the land, and what鈥檚 next for Idle No More.
• After 20-Year Fight, Bronx Wins Big on Development Project Committed to Living Wages and Local Economy
  The people of New York鈥檚 poorest borough fought to ensure that redevelopment of its castle-like landmark will benefit those who live there. Will it be a gamechanger?
• The Dark Side of the 鈥淕reen Economy鈥�
  Why some indigenous groups and environmentalists are saying no to the 鈥済reen economy.鈥�