Berto Jongman: Peace on Earth? The Future of Armed Conflict

Peace on Earth? The future of internal armed conflict Warfare seems endemic to mankind. Nations around the world are driven by conflict. But is the impetus to war decreasing? Håvard Hegre finds statistical grounds for hope. In my view, perhaps the most evident shortcoming is that our predictions ignore the importance of political systems – …

Pierre Cloutier: Prof. Rodrigue Tremplay on Fed’s Monetary Policy of Zero Interest Rate — Combined with Inflation, Burying the US Economy

The Fed’s Monetary Policy of Zero Interest Rates “A More Than Questionable Bernanke Fed Monetary Policy.” “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their …

Open Power: Democracy Lost & Found Essay, Book Review Blurbs and Links [Updated 3 MAR 2015]

NEW: Kindle Book Open Power ($2.99) OLD: Core Documents for Both Initiatives (Free) OLD: the foundation book The Open Source Everything Manifesto ROBERT STEELE: There are two schools of thought on effecting political (and hence economic and social) reform. One school is the school of love — this school emphasizes trust building and doing no …

Theophillis Goodyear: Subprime Mortgage — Open Source Could Have Prevented, but Various Information Pathologies (Corruption of Government Being One of Them) Enabled the Fraud

The Subprime Mortgage Crisis: A Perfect Example of the Potential Benefits of Open-Source Governance in the Real World The article: The Nature and Origin of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, (San Jose State University Department of Economics) says,”The guilt for the subprime mortgage financial crisis lies both with the lenders who knowingly put borrowers into booby …

Mini-Me: Wall Street is Untouchable — No One Goes to Jail

Huh? Phi Beta Iota:  Only Iceland has demonstrated the combination of intelligence and integrity to actually serve the public interest. See Also: Matt Taibbi: GRIFTOPIA – RECAP THE LATEST Report: DOJ Criminal Chief Lanny Breuer Stepping Down January 23, 2013, 6:04 pm ET · by Sarah Childress.  Lanny Breuer is leaving his position as head of the …

Reflections on Lincoln, Principle, Compromise, Autonomous Internet & Citizen Intelligence / Counter-Intelligence 2.0 with Meta-RECAP

EDIT of 21 January 2013:  I have gotten both sharp criticism from folks I revere, and complements.  I am more than willing to delete this, but I am more interested in having people think outside the lines.  I’ve made some revisions, adding issues and readings in each section.   Email me as you please, robert.david.steele.vivas [at] …