Category Archives: economic inequality

A Conspiracy of the Rich

Posted on September 15, 2016 by greg

Thomas More’s life spanned a tumultuous era in European history during the Renaissance with many notable changes that included the emergence of the nation state. Europe and England were still founded on the economic models of feudalism, in which virtually … Continue reading →

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How to Fix the Democratic Deficit

Posted on September 1, 2016 by greg
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Neoliberalism is a System of Violence

Posted on August 6, 2016 by greg

The elections of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 and Ronald Reagan in 1980 can be viewed as inaugurating the formal period of neoliberal economic policy dominance at the state level. A financial elite set in motion a process to reinvent government … Continue reading →

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The Social Contract of the Neoliberals

Posted on July 23, 2016 by greg

We should not forget that the definition of poor people and the attitude towards them has always been one of the mechanisms of economic systems that create inequality. Once the status of the poor was part of a religious view … Continue reading →

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Why Hillary Clinton Needs Elizabeth Warren

Posted on July 1, 2016 by greg

Nietzsche (1844-1900) rejected the power of reason, and the belief that science would automatically lead to progress. He claimed there was no objective fact about what has value in itself – culture consisted of beliefs developed to perpetuate a particular … Continue reading →

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The Rise of the Neoliberals

Posted on June 24, 2016 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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The Death of Liberalism

Posted on June 1, 2016 by greg

Classical liberalism supported the notion that society as a whole would begin to prosper as the level of personal freedom or autonomy increased. Individuals left to their own devices to pursue their own goals, limited only by known and universally … Continue reading →

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The Republican Party – the Party of Cognitive Dissonance

Posted on May 1, 2016 by admin

Georg Hegel (1770-1831) who saw a world governed by individual self-interest believed that we are controlled by external forces, and are nothing but pawns in the game. Hegel believed that we do not perceive the world or anything in it … Continue reading →

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We Are Unable To Reach Our Full Capacity to Make Wise Decisions

Posted on April 1, 2016 by admin

We live in a world of illusion. While many believe they have special access to the truth, the reality is that we all see the world not as it is, but as we want it to be. What began in … Continue reading →

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Part 2 of 2: Creating Opportunities: A Comparison of Top-down and Bottom-up Systems

Posted on March 1, 2016 by admin

Top-down systems tend to deal with the abstract while bottom-up systems deal with ‘facts on the ground’. Darwin’s bottom-up view of evolution is part of the Theory of Natural Selection. Charles Darwin was not the first person to use the … Continue reading →

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