The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Attached is another excellent report by Patrick Cockburn on the disorientating nature of contemporary yellow journalism in the Syrian Civil War. Of course, disorientation is not a new problem in war: Sun Tzu said, “All war is based on deception.” But the ability to manipulate data and images with high-tech computing technology and then distribute …
Austerity Economics Why Snake Oil is the Drug of Choice for Ayn Rand Wannabees Attached are two important papers, one by Stephanie Kelton and the other by Paul Krugman, arguing that it is time to consign austerity economics to the dustbin of history. Both are variations on a theme and are spot on, IMO. The …
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Here’s How to Build a More Resilient Food System… By John Robb Want to get a glimpse of the future of food? This is the page from Gulf Wild program. When you buy a fish that has a Gulf Wild ID number on it, you can find out everything about it. Simply enter this ID …
DRAFT 1 OF 15 Chapter 5: Systems Thinking & True Cost Economics Funded by Mark Palermo, Inc. A. Thinking & the Truth. 76 B. Systems Thinking. 77 1. Overview.. 77 2. Time & Space in Systems Thinking. 78 3. Creating & Using a Provisional Model 79 4. Understanding Risk. 79 5. Acts of Man: Failures …
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Getting Complex Projects to Work: Short, Medium and Long-Term By Neil E. Boyle The George Washington University University Seminar on Reflexive Systems Thursday, February 14, 2013 from 10am – 12pm Funger Hall, Room 620 2201 G Street NW Abstract
The Ghost of Contracting Past Huffington Post,21 December 2012 A report was released earlier this week by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary assessments that offers some useful observations on how well the United States has learned to effectively utilize PMSC. Sadly, it appears the U.S. has not yet absorbed the lessons it …
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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo 4.0 out of 5 stars Serious Economics Poorly Presented, December 14, 2012 I have no doubt that among economists this book merits all the praise it has received; I do NOT recommend it for the general reader, indeed, I do not recommend it at all unless it is assigned reading, …
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