‘Books and Reviews’
Book Review: World 3.0
Review by Hazel Henderson, originally published on SeekingAlpha.com This book provides a look inside the global corporate mindset through the eyes of a leading business school academic and consultant. Ghemawat's World 3.0 is not seen as a living planet with human societies within its biosphere. Rather his World 3.0 is a view of jostling [...]
End The Fed
END THE FED by Ron Paul, Grand Central Publishing 2009 Review by Alan F. Kay Ron Paul, a darling of the Tea Party, is a medical doctor and the author of End the Fed, (Grand Central Publishing, 2009). He has served as a Republican Congressman (Texas) for 20 years, 1979-1985 and 1997-2011. As nominee of the Libertarian party, he ran for [...]
The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook
The Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook Edited by Jeana Wirtenberg, David Lipsky, & William G. Russell. "The most comprehensive sourcebook for leaders, managers, practitioners, and all those committed to working within their communities and organizations to nudge the human family toward sustainable societies, living in peace with each other [...]
Exorbitant Privilege by Barry Eichengreen, Oxford University Press 2011
Exorbitant Privilege by Barry Eichengreen, Oxford University Press 2011 Review by Hazel Henderson © 2011 Barry Eichengreen is a doyen of academic historians of currency, central banking and the evolution of global finance. This latest book does not disappoint and is timely. US politicians, not content with talking down the US dollar, battle [...]
Consumptionomics by Chandran Nair, J. Wiley & Sons 2011
Review by Hazel Henderson © 2011 From the Washington Consensus to the Beijing Consensus! Reading Chandran Nair's book was like a breath of fresh air! Nair tackles all the stultifying dogmas of market fundamentalism and shows how the West's peddling of its Washington Consensus policies over the developing world has resulted in a form of [...]
Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
I would like to call your attention to a new book by UK-based journalist Nicholas Shaxson called "Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World”. (US Edition, “Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens,” scheduled for release April 12, 2011) Mr. Shaxson plunges the reader into the world [...]
Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World by Nicholas Shaxson
Reviewed by Jeremy Haken I would like to call your attention to a new book by UK-based journalist Nicholas Shaxson called "Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World. (US Edition, Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens, scheduled for release April 12, 2011) Mr. Shaxson plunges the [...]
Selling Solar by Damian Miller, Earthscan 2010
Selling Solar by Damian Miller, Earthscan 2010 Review by Hazel Henderson This richly-sourced overview of all the ways solar energy is operating in the lives of millions of rural and less-affluent people is quite inspiring! Miller, as a dedicated and experienced engineer and practitioner, walks us through all the current applications from solar [...]
The Ways and Power of Love by Pitirim A. Sorokin
The Ways and Power of Love by Pitirim A. Sorokin, Templeton Foundation Press, 2002 edition Review by Hazel Henderson This is undoubtedly one of the most important works of the past 100 years and on a par with Charles Darwin's Origin of Species and The Descent of Man. I first discovered the monumental Social and Cultural Dynamics (1957) [...]
The Earth Charter in Action
The Earth Charter is an inspiring declaration of shared ethical principles. It arises from diverse sources-the wisdom of indigenous peoples, international law, contemporary science, and philosophical and faith traditions. It is an integrated vision of caring for all life, of universal human rights, of economic justice, and of the creation of a [...]
