“Visionary City design guru Anthony M. Townsend has laid out in this mind-expanding book “Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car” (2020) all you need to know so far in coping with these revolutionary changes to our lives for better or much worse! I learned from almost every page! ~Hazel …
Book Review: “HUMANKIND: A Hopeful History“ Rutger Bregman
“HUMANKIND: A Hopeful History “ Rutger Bregman, Little Brown, 2020 © Hazel Henderson 2020 Now here’s some really good news! This book is the invigorating tonic so many of us need to break the pandemic gloom. Author, Rutger Bregman is a Dutch historian who has painstakingly sifted through …
Book Review: “Choosing Earth” by Duane Elgin
“Duane Elgin, scientist, philosopher and humanist, has authored many of the key books describing the current stage of the human condition on our home planet. In this new book, “Choosing Earth“, he summarizes our current and future choices in precise and sobering detail. The multiple interacting crises of today: from …
The Big Leadership Challenge: Saving the Human Species, By Ravi Chaudhry
“Ethical Markets is proud to post this important article “The Big Leadership Challenge: Saving the Human Species“, by Ravi Chaudhry, distinguished author and Chairman of Cenext Consulting Group, New Delhi and Chair of the Global Judges Panel for our EthicMark® Awards for Communications Uplifting the Human Spirit and Society (see …
Book Review “A Planet to Win, Why We Need a Green New Deal”
By Kate Aronoff, Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Thea Riofrancos The best guide so far to the background thinking, long term values and strategy for the Green New Deal, already supported by all Democratic candidates and over 100 members of the US House and Senate. Good clear reading! …
“Mapping the Global Digital Revolution”, Book Review by Hazel Henderson
Book Review “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism”, by Shoshana Zuboff, Public Affairs, (Jan. 2019) “Don’t Be Evil”, by Rana Foroohar, Currency (Nov. 2019) ©Hazel Henderson 2019 At last we are witnessing the global movements emerging with all kinds of long-awaited critiques and protests against the worldwide colonization of societies, …
Book Review-Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the way to Fight Global Poverty
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, PublicAffairs 2011 Review by Hazel Henderson© 2011 The authors are both professors at MIT’s Poverty Action Lab with the laudable goal of re-thinking the way to fight global poverty. These …
“Empty Planet: An Alternative Future?”
© Hazel Henderson, 2019 While the authors of Empty Planet’s see a population bust, the United Nations (UN) sees population growth and diminishing land, water, and food supplies in “Climate Change and Land”. These two contrasting forecasts of humanity’s future are worth our attention. Which future do you foresee? The …
NEW BOOK! “Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age”
“Ethical Markets highly recommends “BANKING ON PEOPLE: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age” (2019). We are honored that author/lawyer Ellen Brown, leading global theorist on the future of money and banking, serves on our global Advisory Board. I am personally honored to serve on her Public Banking Institute advisory group, …
ELEGANT SIMPLICITY “the art of living well” By Satish Kumar New Society Publishers (2019)
Reading Satish Kumar’s books is always uplifting! In Elegant Simplicity he distills a life of commitment to positive action and experience into his deep love for the human family and all life on this beautiful, endangered planet. He honors us all at the deepest level by acknowledging the abundance we …