SchwartzReport: Naomi Klein on Predatory Capitalism, Holistic Earth & Human Centric Economics

I am beginning to detect a growing trend towards changing the capitalist economic model from one in which profit is the only priority to one in which wellness is the priority, and profit must be made within that paradigm. SPIEGEL Interview with Naomi Klein: ‘The Economic System We Have Created Global Warming’ Phi Beta Iota: …

Jean Lievens: Self-Determination as Anti-Extractivism – Indigenous Resistance is Changing World Politics (and Countering Predatory Capitalism)

Self-Determination as Anti-Extractivism: How Indigenous Resistance Challenges World Politics Written by Manuela Picq Monday, 02 June 2014 19:46 Indigeneity is an unusual way to think about International Relations (IR). Most studies of world politics ignore Indigenous perspectives, which are rarely treated as relevant to thinking about the international (Shaw 2008; Beier 2009).   Yet Indigenous …

Berto Jongman: Rise in Global Political Violence Challenges Supply Chains — True Cost of Predatory Capitalism Becomes Visible

Example of true cost: corruption plus public abuse = political violence = cost to predatory capitalism. Rise in global political violence challenges supply chains Supply Management, 7 May 2014 | Will Green Levels of conflict and political violence have increased in 48 countries over the past six months and created “significant challenges to supply chains”, …

4th Media: Predatory Capitalism Today

1,400 Sue General Electric, Toshiba and Hitachi for Fukushima Disaster We’ve previously noted that General Electric should be held partially responsible for the Fukushima reactor because General Electric knew that its reactors were unsafe: 5 of the 6 nuclear reactors at Fukushima are General Electric Mark 1 reactors. GE knew decades ago that the design was faulty. Economics …