The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Why Don’t Americans Care About Democracy at Home? By Henry A Giroux, Truthout | Op-Ed truth-out.org, Tuesday, 02 October 2012 13:47 “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” – James Baldwin Four decades of neoliberal policies have given way to an economic Darwinism …
An hour and three quarters, hugely relevant to our problems today, strongly recommended. Modern Money and Public Purpose: The Historical Evolution of Money and Debt L. Randall Wray and Michael Hudson present at the Modern Money and Public Purpose seminars. L. Randall Wray is a Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Michael …
Yochai Benkler Robert Steele: This review is so useful in its summary and links to other books that it is being cross-posted to Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog. Both this book and its virtual sidekick, Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive completely miss the point of Statecraft as …
Bruce Schneier Robert Steele: This review is so useful that it is being cross-posted to Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog. Both this book and its virtual sidekick, The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest completely miss the point of Statecraft as Soulcraft, of The Exemplar: The Exemplary Performer in the …
Howard Bloom 5.0 out of 5 stars CHALLENGING–Multi-Volume Story of Civilization’s Soul in One Volume,August 26, 2012 I have been hooked on Howard Bloom’s thinking since I read Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century. I on to read his first book (The Lucifer Principle) and then …
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Deron Acermoglu and James Robinson 5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful to Most, Can Be Summed Up as Integrity & Clear Feedback Loops,August 17, 2012 There is no question but that this book is a major contribution to the current dialog, such as it is. As someone who reads a great deal, I have finally …
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Renewing Democracy: Shifting the Paradigm Bob Burnett Huffington Post, 27 July 2012 Thomas Jefferson believed in renewing democracy by regularly shifting the dominant social paradigm. Jefferson argued that constitutions should be rewritten every generation, declaring the ³dead should not govern the living.² That explains why contemporary Americans are so fractious: we¹re overdue for a new …
