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New Thinking
Broken Men With Power
Motortion | istockphoto.com Many years ago I first heard the phrase, “there is nothing more dangerous than a broken man with power”. This is confirmed by the numerous books written about individual men – Hitler, Starlin, Pinochet, Pol Pot – examining the men themselves and what led to their brutal regimes. Time-after-time books and research documented how one man (and yes, it is almost exclusively men), surrounded by a small and highly rewarded fan club,…
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Regulation
Is Moral Capitalism An Oxymoron?
The advisor demonstrates the shareholders rights book. A quote by Gus Speth, co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council and environmental lawyer, is often reiterated by those monitoring biodiversity collapse;…
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New Thinking
Can Australia Aspire To Be Average, OECD Tax-to-GDP Ratio Average?
Since moving to Australia from Europe, in the mid-1990s, I have always been baffled by the country’s mindset of financial anxiety. We are a wealthy country, yet we behave as…
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Consumption
Quietly Quitting Consuming
In reality, the only hope we have to mitigate the risks associated with environmental collapse is degrowth. This cannot be government policy, as it is not compatible with our current…
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New Thinking
The Irrelevance Of Davos
Did Davos Meeting Peak In 1973? coolimagesco | istockphoto.com In 1971, a non-government organisation, called the European Management Forum brought together 450 participants from 31 countries to the first ever…
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New Thinking
Citizens Assemblies Or Management Consultants?
istockphoto.com | francescoch In Australia, political correspondents are asking, “Why is the government spending billions for others to do its job?”. In the UK, The Guardian has reported “Ministers quietly…
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Biodiversity
Basic Income vs. Sustainable Use
hadynyah | istockphoto.com Many stakeholders who profit from the ‘sustainable’ use of wild species benefit from having people believe that the sustainable use model is the only way to save…
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