Confessions of a Radical Industrialist

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Confessions of a Radical Industrialist by Ray C. Anderson, St. Martin’s Press, 2009 “Ray Anderson, iconic CEO of the sustainability movement, shares his story at last. Practical action and visionary wisdom for all sustainability practitioners. Don’t miss it! — Hazel Henderson

World Shift 2012 by Ervin Laszlo, Inner Traditions, 2009

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World Shift 2012 by Ervin Laszlo, Inner Traditions, 2009 A stunning synthesis of scientific understanding and ethical imperatives.  Ervin Laszlo, the quintessential global citizen illuminates the action plans all over the world that are leading us to a safer, cleaner economy and a peaceful global society.  — Hazel Henderson

Eliminating War: Alan F. Kay’s Offering of Peace

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Eliminating War: Alan F. Kay’s Offering of Peace Rosalinda Sanquiche Executive director, Ethical Markets Media September 21, 2009 copies available To mark International Peace Day, September 21, 2009, Ethical Markets had the privilege of interviewing Alan F. Kay, co-author of Eliminating War.  Kay and co-author Colonel Dan Smith, Ret., write, …

The Myth of Resource Efficiency: the Jevons Paradox by John M. Polimeni, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro and Blake Alcott, Earthscan, 2009

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The Myth of Resource Efficiency: the Jevons Paradox by John M. Polimeni, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro and Blake Alcott, Earthscan, 2009 It’s a testament to the stranglehold that the economics profession has over public policy and private decision-making that the authors of this useful book had to spend so much …

Managing Without Growth: slower by design, not disaster by Peter A. Victor, Advances in Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008

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Managing Without Growth: slower by design, not disaster by Peter A. Victor, Advances in Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008 A wonderfully well-argued and documented case for shifting countries’ focus from obsessing on GDP-measured economic growth to wider, more realistic measures of material progress and quality of life.  As one …

Lecturing Birds on Flying, by Pablo Triana, J Wiley, 2009

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Review by Hazel Henderson A deeply unsettling insider account of how bogus mathematics overtook finance and was a key contributor to the financial collapse of 2008-2009 and also the 25% losses Wall Street suffered in the crash of 1987.  Pablo Triana, like his fellow iconoclastic options trader Nassim Taleb who …

The Knowledge Society

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The Knowledge Society by Marc Luyckx Ghisi, Arunachala Press 2008 A superb synthesis of today’s burning issues of globalization, the transition to post-industrial futures, the growth of post-carbon, “green” economies worldwide, changing paradigms in science, economics, and management – all enfolded in a deep cultural analysis of changing ethical, religious, …