As any reader of this blog knows, an interest in social illusions is central to the ways I interpret the goings on as the end of industrial civilization approaches. Several important analyses of the global ‘poly-crises’ that confront us have been presented in the climate and economic literatures as well as in government reports—e.g., those … More The Future of Poverty, the Earth System, and Us
Efforts to find a viable path to mitigating climate chaos and forging an ecologically viable economy are just not moving fast enough. They seem bogged down in struggles over old ideas and inadequate actions. Even some of the most esteemed liberal economists who are not on the corporate bandwagon have failed to escape this trap. … More Overcoming Ideology: New Actions and New Ideas
The accelerating concentration of income and wealth in the upper 1% of the upper 1% of the population and the failure of the “growth” economy to serve the population that supports it, are not only moral questions of fairness. The distribution of income and wealth are also important elements of the health of the economy … More Why a Return to Progressive Taxation is necessary…and Right
Robert MacNeil Christie, Author 