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Michel Bauwens: Sustainable Societies, True Cost Economics, and Appropriate Governance

“The “Principled Societies” concept outlined in the book Creating Sustainable Societies is a blueprint for sustainable financial, economic, and governance systems, intended for local implementation. The book starts by pinpointing the central problems within our financial, economic, and governance systems that have lead to high unemployment, massive debt, environmental degradation, mistrust of Congress and big …

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Mini-Me: Marine Officer on 9/11 – The Anomalies Continue to Surface

Huh? Phi Beta Iota:  As President Barack Obama faces what David Gergen calls one of three “choice” or turning point elections in modern US history, one has to wonder where he stands on the subject of the truth.  Below the line is a methodical review with many links from retired Marine Corps officer Jim Fetzer, …

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Chuck Spinney: James Fallows on Paul Ryan’s Lie-Filled Convention Speech

Paul Ryan and the Post-Truth Convention Speech By James Fallows The Atlantic, Aug 30 2012, 11:43 AM ET Paul Ryan’s speech was well-written, well- delivered, and well-received. All of that was evident to anyone watching on TV. It had a number of nice smilingly vicious hit lines — starting with the masterful “staring up at …

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Berto Jongman: Jorgen Randers Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years

SUMMARY AND COMMENTS ON JORGEN RANDERS’ GLOBAL FORECAST FOR NEXT 40 YEARS 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years. Report to the Club of Rome. Jorgen Randers (Prof of Climate Strategy, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo). White River Junction VT: Chelsea Green, June 2012, 392p, $24.95pb. (www.2052.info) A report to the CoR commemorating …

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Anthony Judge: 12 Mindsets Ensuring Disappearance of Employment Opportunities

5 August 2012 | Draft 12 Mindsets Ensuring Disappearance of Employment Opportunities Towards a systemic reframing of the job culture Introduction Mindsets endangering employment Job culture vs. Recreation culture Future of employment as a work-recreation hybrid Challenging case studies in employment Boredom and unemployment Sustainable employment as exemplified by dialogue amongst archetypes Enactivating an archetypal …

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