I’ve been reading Ecofeminism, by Vandana Shiva and Maria Mies. Even if you don’t have much time for the … Read More
Of Equality, Ecology and Economics
Currency
Possible Worlds
“The most wonderful and the most terrible of futures that have ever been possible are now possible.” — First speaker … Read More
A New Bretton Woods
Next week I shall be traveling to Bretton Woods in New Hampshire for an event called the Global Economic Visioning. … Read More
Of Grabbing and Gifting
I’ve read two very contrasting books this week, The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions, and … Read More
Of Plutocrats and Pitchforks
“The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with … Read More
Mother Nature and Father Greed
“There is only one force bigger than Mother Nature, and that is Father Greed.” So writes the Pulitzer Prize winning … Read More
Yin, Yang, and Jung
Many, many years ago – in 1985 in fact – I took Economics A-level. I had a lovely and extremely … Read More
Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology x Wisdom
“The most exciting breakthroughs of the twenty-first century will not occur because of technology, but because of an expanding concept … Read More
Rethinking Money
Is our monetary system failing us? The book I mentioned last week, Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into … Read More