Monthly Archives: January 2019

Maintaining the Illusion of Prosperity is Critical to the Economy

Posted on January 20, 2019 by greg

The illusion that the standard of living has not dropped during a period of wage stagnation is because of non-mortgage forms of debt. The financial crisis of 2008 was in part the result of a consumer that had exhausted their … Continue reading →

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Discourse and Democracy: the Exercise of Social Power Exploitation

Posted on January 10, 2019 by greg

Democracy is eroding across the globe – at least being transformed in such a way that we have to rethink what it means and how it works. How would one measure democratic backsliding in a country? Many believe the best … Continue reading →

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Globalization and Individualism: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Posted on January 1, 2019 by greg

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) discovered the natural laws of motion, which provided the final piece to the puzzle, establishing the Copernican theory of the Earth revolving around the sun, introducing the spirit of individualism and the idea the study of human … Continue reading →

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