Review (Guest): Adam Smith in Beijing–Lineages of the Twenty-First Century

REVIEW (Guest) by By Malvin Historical perspective on China’s ascent, December 19, 2007 Giovanni Arrighi “Adam Smith in Beijing” by Giovanni Arrighi delivers a sophisticated history and analysis of the rise of the Asian economy. Displaying a deep knowledge of world history including novel insights into the works of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, Mr. Arrighi …

Review: Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth

A Four Pumped to Five to Stave Off the Ideologues November 27, 2009 David C. Korten I would normally rate this book a four because of its lack of reference to Buckminster Fuller (see Critical Path; the Open Money movement; or the literature on wealth of networks, fortune at the bottom of the pyramid, and …

Review: Conscious Evolution: Awakening Our Social Potential

A Theological Masterpiece–A Practical Manifesto September 20, 2009 Barbara Marx Hubbard Although the author has written a more recent book, Emergence: The Shift from Ego to Essence, the later book is focused on helping the individual, while the book being reviewed focuses on the larger matter of social engineering. I was growing up in Asia …

Review: An Enemy of the State–The Life of Murray N. Rothbard

Gfited Author Summarizes Gifted Libertarian Mind Justin Raimondo September 8, 2009 I was so impressed by the AUTHOR of this book and the manner in which he so ably presented in summary form the very complex economic, philosophical, and consequently political reflections of Murray Rothbard that I immediately looked for “About the Author” and did …

Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Conscious, Evolutionary, Integral Activism & Goodness

Conscious, Evolutionary, Integral Activism & Goodness Review DVD: Bonhoeffer (2003) Review DVD: Humanity Ascending Series Part 1: OUR STORY featuring Barbara Marx Hubbard Review DVD: Remember the Titans (Full Screen Edition) Review DVD: Schindler’s List (Full Screen Edition) Review DVD: The Hawk Is Dying Review DVD: The Snow Walker (2003) Review DVD: What the Bleep …