The Globalist

The issue that is poised to bring common-wealth dividends into the mainstream today is climate change.

As automation eliminates jobs, Paine’s proposal to share wealth from the commons shows a way forward.

Nearly a century after Thomas Paine’s proposal, reformer Henry George popularized a similar scheme.

Remembered for his political idealism, Paine also had ideas about economic justice.

How can Ghana avoid the kinds of corruption and conflict that often accompany higher oil revenues?