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I owe versus I own

Polly Higgins, the author of Eradicating Ecocide features in a new youtube video which has just been released. From 21st Feb to 15th March, she will be visiting Canada and the United States for a book and lecture tour. We will be updating the dates and venues as they are confirmed: Toronto – 18th Feb – 20th Feb Vancouver – 20th Feb – 22nd Feb Boulder, Colorado – 23rd Feb – 25th Feb

Dialogue of Civilizations at the World Public Forum

Further Reading: Globalisation for the Common Good by Kamran Mofid Promoting the Common Good by Kamran Mofid When Philosophers Rule by Arthur Farndell Anthony Werner, the Managing Director of Shepheard-Walwyn was invited to attend the Dialogue of Civilizations at the World Public Forum held on the island of Rhodes last October. Here is an excerpt from his paper, which has now been published in the Journal of Globalisation for the Common Good: ‘Give us a guide,” cry men to the philosopher. “We would escape from these miseries in which we are entangled. A better state is ever present in our imaginations, and we yearn after it; but all our efforts to realize it are fruitless. We are weary of perpetual failures; [...]

Why is so much wealth in the hands of so few?

Further Reading: The Power in the Land by Fred Harrison Progress and Poverty by Henry George The Corruption of Economics by Fred Harrison and Mason Gaffney Land-Value Taxation by Kenneth  Wenzer The Occupy Wall Street protesters have called themselves the 99% to distinguish themselves from the richest 1% who own a disproportionate share of the nation’s wealth. This phenomenon is not limited to the United States, but is a feature of most of the global economy. This begs the question: Why is so much wealth in the hands of so few? Oxfam is one of the major aid agencies striving to end poverty. To signal their appreciation that famine relief is no solution to poverty, they have adopted a Chinese [...]

St Paul’s Cathedral Protesters: the Dilemma facing the Church

Further Reading: Promoting the Common Good by Kamran Mofid and Marcus Braybrooke Christianity and Social Order by William Temple As the protest camp on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral drags on into another week, the dilemma facing the church authorities intensifies, so much so that now three servants of the cathedral have resigned, including the Dean. The protest is not against the Church as such but just happens to be located on its doorstep so that it cannot avoid taking sides to some degree in the confrontation between the protestors and the City. The protest is forcing an uncomfortable re-examination of the Church’s social conscience. Finding answers to this dilemma will require both wisdom and courage. In seeking a [...]

Win £250,000!

Further Reading: The Corruption of Economics by Mason Gaffney and Fred Harrison Mason Gaffney is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Riverside. He has written extensively on various aspects of resource economics, urban economics, tax policy, and capital theory. Boom Bust by Fred Harrison After a career as an investigative journalist, he was advisor to a number of Russian academic and political bodies, including the Duma (parliament), in their efforts to implement a more equitable transition to a market economy. Recently he has turned his attention to the failure of economic analysis and public policies in the market economies. According to The Times, ‘One man is offering you the chance and all you have to do is answer one simple question: [...]

The Trial: Ecocide v Living Planet

On the 30th of September 2011 a mock Ecocide Trial was held in the UK Supreme Court. It took just 50 minutes for the jury to return with two unanimous guilty convictions of ecocide against the CEO’s of oil companies operating in the Athabasca Tar Sands. What is Ecocide? The United Nations is considering a petition to make Ecocide the 5th Crime Against Peace to protect the Earth’s right to life by making it a crime under international law to destroy or seriously damage the Earth’s ecosystems. Here is what  The Guardian, The Independent and the Financial Times have to say about it. To read more about the trial,  please visit the Eradicating Ecocide website.

Ethical Economics

Further Reading: The Science of Political Economy by Henry George Economists pronounce with great confidence in the media and blind us with maths and jargon so that most of us switch off and leave it to the ‘experts’—but are we wise to do so when the evidence of the last four years suggests they do not know what they are doing? The voter who votes in ignorance forges the chains that bind him. There have been, however, some brave voices calling into question the fitness of economists to guide policy-making. As long ago as 1994, Paul Ormerod, in the preface to his book, The Death of Economics, wrote: “Good economists know … that the foundations of their subject are virtually non-existent” [...]

Why Clegg and Cable Favour Land-Value Taxation

Further Reading: The People’s Budget by Geoffrey Lee Re-Solving the Economic Puzzle by Walter Rybeck Standing for Justice by John Stewart Prime Minister by John Stewart Recently The Sunday Times reported that the ‘Lib Dems want a land tax on rich’, arguing that ‘proposals aimed primarily at wealthy landowners, property magnates and foreign millionaires are likely to hit middle class landowners’. After this misleading and emotive opening, the article mentioned that Nick Clegg was in favour of a tax shift and that Vince Cable recognised the need for a ‘proper examination about how a land tax could be made to work’. Clegg and Cable are harking back to a policy of the Liberal Government which won a landslide victory in 1906 and [...]

The Only Economic Reform Worth Talking About

Further Reading: Progress and Poverty by Henry George The Science of Political Economy by Henry George A lucid exposition of the merits of Land-Value Taxation and the contribution of Henry George to the science of political economy by Edward Miller has appeared on the website of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

Winner of The People’s Book Prize

Further Reading: Eradicating Ecocide by Polly Higgins Voted the people’s favourite, Eradicating Ecocide by Polly Higgins is this year’s winner of The People’s Book Prize for non-fiction. The winner is chosen by popular vote rather than by a panel of judges. Speaking from the People’s Book Prize Awards Ceremony, held at the The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers in London, Polly Higgins said: “This is such an honour. To have the support of the public for my work to make Ecocide the 5th Crime Against Peace is proof that we the people are finding voice and saying it is time to change the rules of the game. The People’s Book Prize is also about changing the rules of [...]

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