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

Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth.

If you're living in the community and you own your local businesses and you're engaged in the local economy you should have a definite interest in the strength and health of your community, the caring relationships that bind people together.

Corporate globalists and the corporate empires they serve may be at the cutting edge of technological innovation, but socially and environmentally they are relics of a bygone era of imperial colonial rule, elite privilege, and state-sanctioned plunder.

There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change.

There is a huge shift taking place in the global awareness in the last 5 years with strong views about globalization and the power structures of major corporations.

As an economy measures performance in terms of the creation of money, people become a major source of inefficiency.