Posts Tagged ‘capitalism’
Response to NY Times Op-Ed: “Is Banking Bad?”
Response to NY Times Op-Ed: "Is Banking Bad?" Kathleen Paylor, Founder and Chief Spiritual Officer, Conscious Capital, LLC Rarely do I find myself disagreeing with Nick Kristof, but I must make an exception in response to his New York Times January 18 Op-Ed, “Is Banking Bad?” Kristof is asking the wrong questions and, not surprisingly, [...]
Discussing the Assemblies and Consensus of #OccupyWallStreet (2): Consensus is not Self-Management
Discussing the Assemblies and Consensus of #OccupyWallStreet (2): Consensus is not Self-Management Excerpted from Michael Albert: “In Greece and Spain, a single message predominated. It had nothing to do with analyses of capitalism or other analytic focuses. Instead, Greek and Spanish activists reported that they had massive assemblies in [...]
“The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability & Success,” by Carol Sanford
Book Review by Hazel Henderson "The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability & Success," by Carol Sanford, Jossey Bass 2011, is a deeper, more satisfying look at business from the inside by a seasoned management consultant. Sanford's methods are holistic and based on systems thinking, unusual for most companies striving to please [...]
What is Debt? – An Interview with Economic Anthropologist David Graeber
David Graeber currently holds the position of Reader in Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths University London. Prior to this he was an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University. He is the author of ‘Debt: The First 5,000 Years’ which is available from Amazon. Interview conducted by Philip Pilkington, a journalist and writer based [...]
Guest Post: Adam Smith Would Neither Recognize Nor Approve Of Our Financial, Monetary, Economic Or Legal Systems
The father of modern economics – Adam Smith – is used as a poster child to support the status quo that we have today. Smith is invoked as the patron saint of free market economics. In fact, Smith would neither recognize or approve of our current financial, monetary, economic or legal systems. Read more on Naked Capitalism...
Marshall Auerback: There is No Progressive Case for Deficit Cutting – The Myth of the “Virtuous” Clinton Surpluses
An article from Naked Capitalism Marshall Auerback: There is No Progressive Case for Deficit Cutting – The Myth of the “Virtuous” Clinton Surpluses Posted: 17 Jul 2011 10:06 PM PDT By Marshall Auerback, a portfolio strategist and hedge fund manager For once, President Obama has sought to address his progressive critics, without [...]
Quelle Surprise! DoJ Pushing State AGs to Whitewash Servicing Abuses; Failure to Investigate Confirmed
A publication from Naked Capitalism Quelle Surprise! DoJ Pushing State AGs to Whitewash Servicing Abuses; Failure to Investigate Confirmed Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:31 AM PDT The latest report by Shahien Nasirpour at Huffington Post confirms two things you’ve heard here and on some other sites following this sorry affair: first, that Tom [...]
Introducing the Third Commons
A publication from P2P Foundation Introducing the third commons Reflection on the three commons: from the digital commons to the common stock commons Most readers will be familiar with two types of commons, which have often been discussed. The first commons is the natural commons, consisting of all that nature and the cosmos has given [...]
Wikileaks: Saudis Warned About Oil Speculators in 2007 and 2008
An article from Naked Capitalism Wikileaks: Saudis Warned About Oil Speculators in 2007 and 2008 Posted: 26 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT Kevin Hall of McClatchy wrote about Wikileaks releases showing that the Saudis were concerned about oil market speculation leading to unduly high prices in 2007 and 2008. In 2008, we wrote that the Saudis said [...]
Introducing the third commons
A publication from P2P Introducing the third commons Reflection on the three commons: from the digital commons to the common stock commons Most readers will be familiar with two types of commons, which have often been discussed. The first commons is the natural commons, consisting of all that nature and the cosmos has given us, without [...]
