Here are several links to articles I have found enlightening lately:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/10/the-least-we-can-do/8228/
http://blog.buzzflash.com/contributors/3310
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2ufhfG/www.truth-out.org/the-opposites-game-all-strangeness-our-american-world-one-article61713
http://www.theatlanhttp://www.democracynow.org/2010/9/22/chilean_economist_manfred_max_neef_ustic.com/magazine/archive/2007/11/just-asking/6288/
