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The Fourth Turn, Turn, Turn
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds The cycles of The Fourth Turning, Fischer and Turchin are all in alignment at this point in history.. The 1997 book The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy proposed a cyclical pattern of four 20-year … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, History, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Ages of Discord, Consumerism, David Hackett Fischer, Degrowth, Economic Collapse, Economics, Energy, environment, financial crisis, Income Inequality, Industry, Neil Howe, Oligarchy, Peter Turchin, technology, The Fourth Turnind, The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History, transition economy, Wealth Gap, William Strauss
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Livelihoods in a Degrowth Economy
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Let’s consider livelihood options in an unsustainable economy of extremes that are unraveling, an economy that is being forced to transition to Degrowth. Nassim Taleb’s book Antifragile explains the differences between fragile systems (systems that cannot … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, education, Financial Crisis, Labor, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology, Work
Tagged Antifragile, automation, Degrowth, Economic Collapse, Economics, Education, financial crisis, frugality, hybrid work, Labor, Nassim Taleb, Resilience, self-reliance, simplicity, Sustainability
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Degrowth: closing the global wealth divide
Contradicting the dominant paradigm that economic growth equals development, degrowth theorists argue that serious cutbacks are crucial to protect life on our planet. By Riccardo Mastini Source: ROAR Today, some 4.3 billion people — more than 60 percent of the … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Inequality, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Oligarchy, Privatization, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged capital flight, Climate Change, Colonialism, Consumerism, Consumption, Corporate Globalization, Degrowth, developing countries, Development, economic inequality, Economics, global development, Global Footprint Network, Global North, Global South, Globalization, Growth, Human Population, IMF, Jason Hickel, Multinational Corporations, Natural Resources, NGOs, Poverty, Progress, Sustainability, The Divide, The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and Its Solutions, Trade Agreements, trade misinvoicing, World Bank
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Three Paths
By Erik Lindberg Source: Resilience To have lost the godlike conceit that we may do what we will, and not to have acquired a homely zest for doing what we can, shows a grandeur of temper which cannot be objected … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Economics, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, war, Work
Tagged Anthropology, civilization, Conservatives, Degrowth, environment, Globalism, Globalists, Liberals, Peak Oil, Philosophy, Progress, Realism, society, Sociology, Sustainability
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Liberation Is Unprofitable
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds 12 examples of how liberation is not profitable and therefore it must be marginalized, outlawed, proscribed or ridiculed. If we had to summarize the sickness of our economy and society, we could … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, civil liberties, conditioning, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, education, propaganda, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged central banks, Charles Hugh Smith, Consumerism, Corruption, Debt, Degrowth, Liberation, Political Elites, politics, Servitude, Stress
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