John Boik: Advanced Economics – Economic Direct Democracy and Open Source Everything

It seems we are in basic agreement on the problems that society faces.  You rightly emphasize the coercive nature of income inequality.  And, IMHO, you rightly emphasize the role that open-source, open-data, open-design, widening-commons, etc. must play in a better, functional society. Please allow me to explain the strategy behind my project. In a nutshell, …

INTERVIEW: TheDailyBell Grills Robert Steele

Former CIA Spy Robert Steele Wants to Strangle Leviathan With ‘Open Source’ Governance With Anthony Wile TheDailyBell– June 29, 2014 The Daily Bell is pleased to present this exclusive interview with Robert Steele SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/Bell-Rings-Steele

Eagle: The Purchase of the Republic — Extraordinary Graphics, Griftopia in One Article

The Purchase of Our Republic A Democracy in Name Only The massive consolidation of wealth, combined with the removal of any limits on money in campaigns, has allowed for the purchase of our government. Y. Falkson Americans know that something is wrong, deeply wrong. They see signs of the problem everywhere: income inequality, growing concentration …

Chuck Spinney: Michael Hudson on The New Cold War’s Ukraine Gambit

Long but well worth reading and thinking about. CS   The New Cold War’s Ukraine Gambit Michael Hudson [1] Posted on michaelhudson.com, 12 May 2014 http://michael-hudson.com/2014/05/the-new-cold-wars-ukraine-gambit/ Michael Hudson is Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City, and former Professor of Economics and Director of Economic Research at the Latvia Graduate School of Law. …

Gordon Cook: Policy Paper on Connectivity

Policy Paper on Connectivity 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3 Technical Background 3.1 Peering and Transit – How thousands of Networks become the Global Internet 4. Special Issues in Connectivity 4.1 Access for Scientists 4.2 Access for Rural Areas 4.3 Access for Citizens via a Civil Society Stakeholder Body 5.The Ecuadorian Political, Economic, and Infrastructural …

Eagle: Charles Hugh Smith on America’s Nine Classes

Summary: 1. Deep State 2. Oligarchs (1%) 3. New Nobility 4. Upper Caste 5. State Nomenklatura (9% with Upper Caste) 6. Middle Class (20%) 7. Working Poor (30%) 8. State Dependents (20%) 9. Mobile Creatives (8%)   America’s Nine Classes: The New Class Hierarchy Eight of the nine classes are hidebound by conventions, neofeudal and …