In a democracy, the real leaders are the people; good leaders enable those around them to be leaders themselves … Great presentation at Davos 2011 by Professor Ervin Laszlo at the European Leadership Academy. Davos 2011: Professor Ervin Laszlo from ELA European Leadership Academy on Vimeo.
Date archives "April 2011"
From degrowth to altergrowth
A contribution from Audun Myhra Bergwitz: “I was thinking a bit about degrowth and what it implies. This might have been discussed to death other places, or on this list before I joined it, but I’ll post it anyway. This isn’t a deep analysis, it’s just some random thougths I got after reading this list… Continue reading
A strategic framework for demonetization
A contribution by Franz Nahrada in the context of the Demonetization mailing list: “We all have been attracted by a mission statement that is claiming that demonetization is both necessary and feasible. But what does this “feasibility” mean to each of us? Certainly quite different things. The idea to call for “demonetization” and the call… Continue reading
Ched Myers on Jubilee Economics
Part of my ongoing investigation of neotraditional economics, here is an interesting presentation on justice-based economics based on the Jewish and Christian traditions:
Collective Intelligence Means Smarter Working
One of the major things that networked technologies have done is to lower the cost of communication to almost zero. This means that ideas which at one point may have been impracticle due to the distance and/or time/cost of communication are now not only possible, but quite easy. This ease of communication results in a… Continue reading
David Bollier: Time for a political approach to the commons
Reproduced in full from David Bollier, in the new commons-oriented, and strongly recommended, political magazine called “Stir To Action”: “Why is it that the commons is so often excluded from official policy discussions about how to manage resources and improve people’s lives? This strikes me as a serious void in our public conversations, one that… Continue reading