TRIBUTE TO HAZEL HENDERSON Hazel Henderson (1933-2022), D.Sc. Hon., FRSA, went virtual (her own words) on May 22, 2022, at the age of 89. A prolific writer, Henderson authored nine books and hundreds of articles leading to what is now known as sustainability and growing the “green” economy. Henderson is …
“Economists learning from futurists” by Hazel Henderson
For over fifty years, industrial societies’ policies in all sectors have been guided by economic forecasting and all the macroeconomic statistics and indicators from GDP to inflation, debt, deficits, unemployment — all measured by market-based prices. Yet since the financial meltdown of 2008, economists have been at a loss …
“Eating Microbes and Other Solutions to the Global Food Crisis” by Hazel Henderson
Hazel Henderson © 2022 Ethical Markets has been researching and reporting on our financialized global food system — a gigantic market-failure prone to speculation and perilously reliant on the planet’s 3% of fresh water, summarized in “Earth: the Water Planet“. We have identified many viable solutions: Expanding food supplies with …
Market opportunities in metaphysical reconstruction”, by Hazel Henderson
Achieving circular economies with innovative thinking and reshaping of whole sectors 4 FEBRUARY 2022, HAZEL HENDERSON The earliest markets for metaphysical reconstruction evolved continually from changing belief systems, religions, creation stories, cultural fashions, and later from science fiction, futures forecasting scenarios. These changing human styles of being and behaving are ubiquitously …
“Access to the media”, Archived article by Hazel Henderson
©Hazel Henderson The current public interest in all forms of mass communication reflects a growing understanding of its central role in our national life. Not only do we have schools of communications at many of our colleges, but we have an increasing body of scholarly analysis of the mass media’s …
“PANDEMIC PRIORITY: DAILY FREE TESTS FOR ALL!” (2020) by Hazel Henderson
“Ethical Markets reminded us in September 2020 of the importance of daily free home tests. Read On! ~Hazel Henderson, Editor” ©Hazel Henderson 09/2020 The global spread of Covid-19, shows countries with these priorities, using widespread early testing, halted or slowed the pandemic and its toll on their populations. Such …
“ENSLAVING OURSELVES TO INFOTECH SPEED AND VIRTUAL REALITY” by Hazel Henderson
“Progress or Collective Insanity?” ©Hazel Henderson 2021 Today, we are enslaving ourselves in efforts to keep up with ever-faster screen-based digitization of our societies, 5G speed, AI, IoT, cryptos, NFTs and virtual reality still boosted by illusions in venture capitalists’ dreams. As we know, all our global media have become …
Perspectives on Reforming Electronic Markets and Trading
The UNEP Inquiry The Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System has been initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme to advance policy options to improve the financial system’s effectiveness in mobilizing capital towards a green and inclusive economy—in other words, sustainable development. Established in January 2014, it …
“Beyond COP26, A Deeper Dive“ by Hazel Henderson
©Hazel Henderson 2021 Today, we are enslaving ourselves trying to keep up with ever-faster screen-based digitization of our societies, 5G speed, AI, IoT, cryptos, NFTs and virtual reality. Let’s step back, take a deep breath and remember our physics lessons: Our Information Age technologies all are based on ever more …
“Fixing the U.S. healthcare disaster”, by Hazel Henderson
Healthcare cannot ever be a totally market-based system 4 NOVEMBER 2021, HAZEL HENDERSON Of the many structural weaknesses in the USA revealed by Covid-19, none is more crucial than the failure of its public healthcare system. The current privatized care for those who can afford it is focused on sickness, adequate …