I think one of the most important skills of a local organizer of a local economy is an ability to put on a terrific street party.

More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.

I am in favor of increased communication and cooperation between countries, but it is more important that each country becomes responsible for its own actions, its own communities, its own economies, before starting to integrate in large regional or global supranational organizations.

Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay.

The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.

Money is a mechanism for control.

Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy.