Conventional economics has no goal except one by default: indefinite growth. In nature, this is the principle of cancer. To get back to health, it is time to give the economy a more meaningful purpose.
Secrets of the Good Life
Can growth be equated to progress? Data show that it is not GDP growth by itself that improves people’s lives but how money is distributed, notably through investing in public infrastructures.
The Civilized Ones
Seen many times against Hamas and Hezbollah over the years, disproportionate retaliation was notably formalized as the Dahiya doctrine. What is the rationale behind it?
It’s Unity, Stupid!
“. . . creating a sense of community, building the elements of a group identity, having a cohesive organization, leaving none of your men or women behind, and sticking to your values.” (Srdja Popovic)
Demotic Moments
Democracy is, by nature, a work in progress, and Western history has had very few occurrences when the “demos” became a politically self-conscious actor. What do these moments teach us?