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By Carmine Gorga, The Somist InstituteAgain and again, I find that I learn much from the work of Blair Gelbond. The powerful series of articles he has recently published on the horrific conditions of our prisons and his hopeful stance about the recognition of the Oneness of the universe and all human beings, through meditation, both conclude with the urgent need for us to realize how interconnected we are. ....
Economic Justice And Human Ecology A lovely expression has been around for quite a few years: Econ-Ecol. When I heard it, I become full of hope that such a marriage was indeed going to be consecrated any time soon. I even published in a peer-reviewed journal a paper titled Economics for Physicists and Ecologists.The initial enthusiastic reaction from one economist made me think that we would soon get there. Instead, I had to assume that, since this economist did not find in the paper a continuation of the linear math practiced by economists, he lost interest. And other economists, evidently, never have even looked into this paper. ....
Project Financial Independence Are we going to transform the Coronavirus pandemic from a crisis into an opportunity? The opportunity is to finally create financial independence for all of us and for our children - without requesting the contribution of even one cent from the affluent. This is a potential that we can realize on the strength of a new economic paradigm that has been in development during the last fifty years. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Concordian economics fills the black box that exists at the core of the modern economic theory. Indeed, this discipline has been in a state of crisis ever since the publication of Adam Smith s ....
Introduction Concordianism is purified Capitalism, 100% Capitalism - as well as purified Socialism. Concordianism shares some of the goals, but none of the means of Socialism. In Concordianism, the Government - rather than the State - democratically decides on the rules of the road, and lets the Market 100% free to operate within those rules. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Concordianism is the result of the fusion of the thought of Keynes and Hayek. In Concordianism, there is not even a scent of the bloviation of Hegel and Marx. Faithful Marxists have not yet realized that Marx was a sociologist and a philosopher: he was not an economist. Once he conceded that “labor is a ....
For quite a few years now I have been advocating for a Revolution from the Center, a political revolution based on the principles of Concordian economics. Current events in Washington make this project rather urgent. Let us go over some key points. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. The Dissolution of the Republican Party Clearly, Trumpism has sounded the death knell of the Republican Party. The Republican Party has not been able to secure the reelection of Donald Trump. In the process it has split itself into two major factions: those who cater to whatever whims Donald Trump pursues at the moment and a conservative remnant that is faithful to the glorious tradition of Abraham Lincoln. ....