The present war in Ukraine is a war against democracy. Yet, Putin will pass but our corporate power elite will remain, undermining democracy from within. How and why is best revealed by its “War on Terror” brainchild.
The Dynamics of the Archaic
Since the Ronald Reagan years, there is objective collusion in U.S. politics between religious archaism and market fundamentalism. How did this dynamic come to be and what makes it so powerful?
The Dynamics of Transformation
“American superpower,” “the greatest power in history,” or, more recently, “America first” have seemingly become part of American political values. In total contradiction with the value of constitutional democracy.
Democracy Incorporated, by Sheldon Wolin
An unprecedented combination of corporate and state power has progressively shaped itself up in the U.S. after WWII, characterized by Sheldon S. Wolin as “Inverted Totalitarianism.” What is behind this concept?
Doughnut Economics, by Kate Raworth
Can humanity thrive without destroying the planet? To Kate Raworth, an English economist working at Oxford and Cambridge universities, the visual template of sustainable economics is… a doughnut.
The Answer to Climate Change is Democracy
Climate change signs the failure of “the market” as its own guide. To get past the dead-end of neoliberal individualism and include the needs of nature in collective endeavors, a renewed intelligence of democracy is key.
Why Regenerative Economics is the Future
Mechanistic and detached from life’s creative web of interactions, the conventional model of economic development is failing our societies on all counts. What would an organic view of the economy look like?