The CIA as Organised Crime
This is a deeply disturbing but hugely eye-opening series of interviews and articles covering the illicit activities of the CIA from its inception until the…… Read More »
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
Systemic Corruption
This important book on political and constitutional philosophy addresses the issue that the majority of modern liberal democracies have become systemically oligarchic or even plutocratic…… Read More »
Dancing with Bees
The most important message of this evocative and beautifully written book is that many of us have stopped noticing trees, plants, flowers, blossoms and insects,…… Read More »
Can we be Happier?
When I read economics in the 1970s at St Andrews, there was no course on what became welfare economics and has now developed into a…… Read More »
The Path of Civility
On Saturday mornings I always go to the local market in Chalabre, where there are almost inevitably longish queues at the stalls and shops. This…… Read More »
Unintended Consequences
One of the first people to analyse systematically the notion of unintended consequences was Sir Karl Popper in his early book The Open Society and…… Read More »
An Antidote to Violence
Authors: Barry Spivack, Patricia Saunders
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
Many readers will be familiar with the 'Maharishi Effect' whereby it seems that a small focussed group of meditators can have an intentional beneficial effect…… Read More »
And They Knew Each Other
Authors: Dieter Duhm, Sabine Lichtenfels
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
The authors of this hugely important book are co-founders of the Tamera Community in the Portugal, and have been partners for over 40 years. Spending…… Read More »
Do Morals Matter?
The author is former Dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and has been recently ranked as the most influential scholar on American foreign policy.…… Read More »
The Economics of Belonging
Martin Sandbu has been writing at the FT since 2009 and advances here 'a radical plan to win back the left behind and achieve prosperity…… Read More »