The Big Ideas Project

Have every one of your leaders read the seminal essay by John Maynard Keynes, 1930:"Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren", readily available online and known by all economists. We are in the midst of the change that he foresaw and the big idea is to make the transition as smooth as possible.

Submitted by Sidney in Economy & Jobs Dec. 17, 2014, 12:52 p.m. 1

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#2145

30 votes

Gather together a certain number of unemployed citizens, let them open up an abandoned factory, power it with solar, wind and water power to reduce their overhead. The employees will share the profits in a type of employee cooperative. They could set aside a small amount of their profits to fund the next factory opening.

Submitted by Denise in Economy & Jobs Jan. 6, 2015, 11:43 a.m.

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#2156

29 votes

Accept that we are living beyond our means as a country. Work through tax policy changes or otherwise to discourage large salaries and encourage living wages.

Submitted by Kurt L. from OH in Economy & Jobs Dec. 15, 2014, 10:31 p.m.

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#2156

29 votes

"Boycott the biggest "campaign . . Wal-Mart, exon, goldman Sachs, time Warner, etc. Poor man's anti trust. Easy bumper sticker.

Submitted by steven s. from HI in Economy & Jobs Jan. 8, 2015, 3:42 p.m.

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#2175

28 votes

Mutual credit exchange system. Form a national exchange system in which transactions are mediated by interest-free direct credit. Users possess a ledger with credits and debts, the balance of which may be negative without incurring fees. A distributed yet coherent network of accounting and credit clearing systems fills the role of a banking system. Monitoring and user metrics demonstrate user reliability and boost system credibility. Credit limits are imposed for balance and added credibility.

Submitted by Edward Cramp in Economy & Jobs Dec. 13, 2014, 1:32 p.m.

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#2182

27 votes

Honestly work towards more balanced/equalized hemispheric international economies thus removing a huge factor in illegal immigration from so called "poor" countries to so called "rich" countries.

Submitted by RCline in Economy & Jobs Jan. 5, 2015, 7:40 p.m.

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#2205

25 votes

PRO-RATING EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO WEEKLY HOURS WORKED, no matter how few, would be a great carbon-reduction and quality-of-life policy! In extreme-commuting America, we should tailor work hours to workweeks to create four-day, three-day, and two-day workweeks and greatly reduce overall commuting for employees who want to reduce the work, cost, road exposure, and time spent driving to their jobs while gaining whole new workweek days for a second job, school, child care, hobby, or family fun.

Submitted by Gregory Wright, ADA So Cal Board Member in Economy & Jobs Dec. 22, 2014, 5:47 a.m.

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#2205

25 votes

Foreign trade has cost us jobs. It is time to fix that. New Legislation- IF YOU SELL IT HERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT HERE or EQUAL TRADE, whereby another country has to buy as much as they sell to us, with an annual fee on imported goods to make up the differential.

Submitted by Mike B. from AZ in Economy & Jobs Jan. 9, 2015, 10:35 a.m.

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#2205

25 votes

Tax imported oil at a floating rate per barrel to stabilize US oil prices at an optimum amount ($80?) to balance the economic benefits of lower prices and stable employment in the US energy industry, along with strengthening US energy independence. Added bonus: dedicate the new tax revenues to paying down the national debt.

Submitted by cseibert in Economy & Jobs Dec. 14, 2014, 3:03 p.m.

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#2214

24 votes

Turn the five populated U.S. Territories [Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Marianas, U. S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa] into states or sell them. Sell all the uninhabited U.S. Territories [ Palmyra Atoll, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Navassa Island and Serranilla Bank]. Use the proceeds to fund a massive multi-year jobs program to replace fossil fuel energy with renewables.

Submitted by Timothy Salt in Economy & Jobs Jan. 9, 2015, 7:10 p.m.

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#2220

23 votes

Implement the America Jobs Act suggested several years ago.

Submitted by raebell in Economy & Jobs Jan. 8, 2015, 2:45 a.m.

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#2238

21 votes

Put a price free on groceries. It is to the point, poor people can't afford to buy groceries. They have to go to food banks. That is a disgrace in a country of plenty. No person should have to decide whether to buy food or pay a utility bill or buy medications.

Submitted by Barbara C. from TX in Economy & Jobs Jan. 8, 2015, 1:39 p.m.

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#2238

21 votes

we need to stop these big trucking companies from taking over these little ones

Submitted by Joey Stevenson in Economy & Jobs Dec. 27, 2014, 2:35 p.m.

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#2238

21 votes

A federal or state government run smartphone application to access the camera and browser for scanning a QR coded pin issued by the IRS or tax agencies and wore by employees of major retailers and grocery chains to enable a system of tipping low wages sales help for good service. Our working poor are not seeing any benefits from the huge profits of these merchant employers. It would enable direct funding of employees for quality work.

Submitted by SoShalli in Economy & Jobs Jan. 4, 2015, 12:22 p.m.

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#2238

21 votes

Remove the Federal Reserve currency, and implement U.S. Treasury Notes.

Submitted by SHAUNMEH in Economy & Jobs Jan. 5, 2015, 6:46 p.m.

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#2238

21 votes

Food stamps for everyone. We need to wrest the food system away from the capitalist market, and the first step is to give everyone, regardless of need, food stamps.

Submitted by wg2001 in Economy & Jobs Jan. 5, 2015, 1:48 a.m.

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#2256

20 votes

HELP PUT THE COMMUITY JOBS FORUM(HON. VALARIE JARRETT) INTO THE COMUNITY IN ALL STATE'S. CERTIFICATION COURSE-CTE-COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES/NATIONWIDE #80,000 NEW JOBS (MEDICAL SATATION TECHNICIAN. BISHOP, CEPHAS RICHARDSON/DEVLOPER

Submitted by YES in Economy & Jobs Jan. 7, 2015, 2:50 p.m.

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#2265

19 votes

Create a "trash tax" that taxes based on the amount of packaging a product uses and uses the funds to expand waste management and recycling programs to solve 3 problems at 1 time, huge amounts of trash, huge amounts of unemployment, and saving resources.

Submitted by amiller in Economy & Jobs Jan. 10, 2015, 3:46 p.m.

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#2265

19 votes

Ban monopolies. Ban unions.

Submitted by apv in Economy & Jobs Dec. 10, 2014, 11:05 p.m.

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#2281

18 votes

Build a Factory/Settlement on the Moon. Just like JFK's moon shot program, this will require massive innovations, create trillions of dollars in wealth, thousands of companies, millions of jobs. It will provide jobs to our children and grandchildren in science. It will resurrect middle class back with good paying jobs ( including health benefits). It is time for the Progressives to stop talking about divvying up the economic pie and start expanding the economic pie.

Submitted by Grrreeggggg in Economy & Jobs Dec. 11, 2014, 4:39 p.m.

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#2299

16 votes

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