Economic Good News

In a perfect world, one’s passion for a job would be matched by salary. But unfortunately, that’s not always how the job market works

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

The carbon-curbing program goes beyond traditional planting projects by getting sponsors to pay to keep trees alive until they mature.

The secondhand clothing trend has the potential to reshape the fashion industry and mitigate the industry’s detrimental environmental impact on the planet.

Nelson Mandela, the iconic political leader in South Africa who fought against the country's system of racial segregation, is beloved by activists, peacemakers, and justice-seekers around the world. 

One company has a creative solution to food waste and addresses both access and affordability of healthful foods plus the environmental impact of sending food to landfills.

In the Dallas area, more than a dozen nonprofits and government agencies joined forces to launch a new program using the COVID federal aid, aiming for successes that other localities could replicate.

These nonprofit entities invest tax dollars in local projects and entrepreneurs that have been historically denied loans — and they don’t answer to shareholders.

The UK, Germany, and France are Europe’s three biggest economies, and yet they haven’t solved their housing problem. Across Europe, the picture is much the same, except in Finland.

Alexandria, Virginia went fare-free in 2020 and has seen ridership remain close to pre-pandemic levels. With frequent service and plenty of money to fund the buses, the transit experiment appears to be working, for now.

On 3 November 2021, taxi drivers in New York broke their 15-day hunger strike, to celebrate a debt relief plan involving a city-backed taxi medallion guarantee along with a maximum debt limit of $170,000. Jaslin Kaur was a supporter at the forefront of these protests.