‘Books and Reviews’
The Sustainability Sector: Newest Asset Class
Review of The Blue Economy by Gunter Pauli, Report to the Club of Rome, 2010, by Hazel Henderson Author Gunter Pauli has in his latest book, The Blue Economy, laid out the parameters for the great transition of early-stage industrialism to a truly sustainable strategy for human development. Pauli is a brilliant systems scientist as well as a [...]
CORNERED: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction by Barry C. Lynn, Wiley 2010
Reviewed by Alan F Kay My great-grandfather, unused to automobiles, five years before I was born in 1920, was killed stepping off a curb without looking. He owned a horse plowed farm in Newark, NJ. Later I lived with my grandparents in East Orange on 15th Street where the chock-a-block houses were separated by slight alleys. Once in 1930 [...]
Doing Business in a New Climate by Paul Lingl and Deborah Carlson
Reviewed by Hazel Henderson A useful primer and handbook for companies committing to improve their environmental performance. Focuses on greenhouse gas emissions and going "carbon neutral" by purchasing offsets. Offers some critique of problems with offsets and carbon emissions trading. A place to start, at least.
Earth Fever: Living Consciously with Climate Change by Judy McAllister
We recommend this book to which Hazel Henderson, our editor-in-chief, did the foreword. I welcome this English edition of Earth Fever, a timely and highly original approach to climate change. The author's rigorous analysis of the latest scientific findings then moves to the political social, cultural and spiritual lessons we humans need to [...]
A Presidency in Peril by Robert Kuttner, Chelsea Green 2010
"Preventing a Double-Dip Requires a New Team in Washington" Reviewed by Hazel Henderson © 2010 In my review of Robert Kuttner’s earlier Obama’s Challenge (2008), I shared his concern that Obama’s administration could become one of continuity – with little of the change the USA needs. In this earlier volume, Kuttner worried, as I did, [...]
THE FUTURE OF FINANCE: And The Theory That Underpins It, London School of Economics Press, UK, 2010
Review by Hazel Henderson. This compilation of papers by Britain's best and brightest addresses the structural weaknesses and questions the social utility of the global financial system. These deeper issues are not addressed by the new US 843-page Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act signed by President Obama. The Future of [...]
We are Proud to Recommend The Blue Economy by Dr. Gunter Pauli, a member of Ethical Markets distinguished Advisory Board. – Hazel Henderson, Ed.
THE BLUE ECONOMY By Gunter Pauli (*) TOKYO, Jun (IPS) The world is in need of a new economic model. Who doubts this while the debate on climate change decelerates and the temperature of the earth rises, along with unemployment and poverty levels. We have to search for solutions beyond the obvious and make quantum leaps. (more...)
Review by Alan F Kay of Dear Mr Buffet What an Investor Learns 1269 Miles from Wall Street
Dear Mr. Buffett – What an Investor Learns 1269 Miles from Wall Street by Janet Tavakoli, Wiley 2009 President of a Chicago-based firm that consults to financial institutions, institutional investors and hedge funds, Janet Tavakoli, met with the “Sage of Omaha,” Warren Buffett, when he was 74. Owner of Berkshire Hathaway, already a [...]
Cinderella of Wall Street by Lydia Fisher, Galyda Media, 2009
Cinderella of Wall Street by Lydia Fisher Reviewed by Rosalinda Sanquiche Lydia Fisher offers an honest assessment of her rise on Wall Street and disillusionment with the system. As a strong woman, smart and ambitious, she faced the same questions of femininity, motherhood and professional advancement that so many struggle with. In poignant [...]
The End of the Free Market by Ian Bremmer, Portfolio Penguin, 2010
The End of the Free Market is a fair-minded look at the current stand-off between markets and sovereign governments – as far as author Ian Bremmer takes it. However, as head of the Eurasia Group, billed as "the world's leading global political risk research and consulting firm," Bremmer's view is from the perspective of global finance. Bremmer [...]
