Worth a Look: Program for Public Consultation

About The Program for Public Consultation (PPC) is a newly-established joint program of the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA) and the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland.  PPC has been established to develop the methods and theory of public consultation and to conduct public consultations. In particular it will work with government …

Review (Guest): Deep Green Resistance – Strategy to Save the Planet

Derrick Jensen (Author), Aric McBay (Author), Lierre Keith (Author) About the Authors Activist, philosopher, teacher, and leading voice of uncompromising dissent, DERRICK JENSEN holds degrees in creative writing and mineral engineering physics. In 2008, he was named one of the Utne Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World,” and in 2006 he was named …

Review: The Long Twentieth Century – Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times

Giovanni Arrighi 4.0 out of 5 stars Adding Links In Support of Review by Joseph Martin,August 10, 2011 This is how your review will appear: 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Adding Links In Support of Review by Joseph Martin,August 10, 2011 By Robert D. Steele (Oakton, …

Reference: National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (Final Report December 2010)

Free PDF Online Phi Beta Iota:  This report, while responsible (unlike the current food fight a year later), does not go far enough.  It allows the borrowing of one trillion a year to continue, while observing that interest on the debt could reach one trillion a year by 2020.  The principle recommendations, all sound but …

George Soros: Eleven Economic Insights + RECAP

11 Timely Insights From George Soros On The Economy Courtney Comstock< Business Insider, 7 August 2011 In the past six months, hedge fund manager George Soros has been an outspoken critic of the economicrecovery.And as the U.S. digests the S&P downgrade, it’s helpful to remember that as Barclays analysts Ajay Rajadhyaksha and Anshul Pradhan put it, …