Martin Rees is a professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics and Matter at the University of Cambridge and holds the honorary title of Astronomer Royal. He is the author and co-author […]
Continue readingCredit Where Credit Is Due: Fixing the Credit Crisis
Crisis of 2009 is the result of the failure of Neutral Market Organization. Today’s featured author helps us to understand why our banks no longer work, and suggests some changes […]
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An Inaugural Address on January 20, 2009 Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful […]
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Johann Hari Below the headlines about rocketing food prices and rocking governments, there lays a largely unnoticed fact: bananas are dying. The foodstuff, more heavily consumed even than rice or […]
Continue readingMoney and the Crisis of Civilization
Charles Eisenstein Suppose you give me a million dollars with the instructions, “Invest this profitably, and I’ll pay you well.” I’m a sharp dresser—why not? So I go out onto […]
Continue readingSaving the Economy, One Furnace at a Time
Paul Rogat Loeb Like most Americans, I’m guarding my dollars, but when my furnace died during Seattle’s coldest winter in decades, I needed to replace it. And when I did, […]
Continue readingSOCIETY OF SLOTH: A Thought Experiment
The truth is especially hard to believe if it requires that we take action—if it requires that we change. If humanity is to have a future, we must take action—we […]
Continue readingPrescription for Survival
As we enter the CRISIS of 2009, we best learn how to live in a sustainable manner. The following prescription for survival was left for humanity to use or ignore. […]
Continue readingBorrowing from Peter to pay Paul
Reposted from the author’s website Web of Debt. Ellen Brown Bernie Madoff showed us how it was done: you induce many investors to invest their money, promising steady above-market returns; […]
Continue readingTime for a World Government?
Gideon Rachman I have never believed that there is a secret United Nations plot to take over the US. I have never seen black helicopters hovering in the sky above […]
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