Perfect Human Beings or Disappearance of the Human Race.

Who should play God? : the artificial creation of life and what it means for the future of the human race

Computers & Technology

Howard, Ted

Computer Science

Dell Publ. Co

Mud and man: A history of earth buildings in Australasia

Earthbuild Publications

Offers a hard-hitting analysis of world turmoil and its ceaseless predicaments, according to the thermodynamic law of entropy--all energy flows from order to disorder, from the usable to the unusable

Entropy: A New World View

Politics & Social Sciences

RIFKIN, Jeremy

Social Sciences

Viking Adult

Our economy is designed by the 1 percent, for the 1 percent. This book offers a compelling vision of an equitable, ecologically sustainable alternative that meets the essential needs of all people. We live in a world where twenty-six billionaires own as much wealth as half the planet's population. The extractive economy we live with now enables the financial elite to squeeze out maximum gain for themselves, heedless of damage to people or planet. But Marjorie Kelly and Ted Howard show that there is a new economy emerging focused on helping everyone thrive while respecting planetary boundaries. At a time when competing political visions are at stake the world over, this book urges a move beyond tinkering at the margins to address the systemic crisis of our economy. Kelly and Howard outline seven principles of what they call a Democratic Economy: community, inclusion, place (keeping wealth local), good work (putting labor before capital), democratized ownership, ethical finance, and sustainability. Each principle is paired with a place putting it into practice: Pine Ridge, Preston, Portland, Cleveland, and more. This book tells stories not just of activists and grassroots leaders but of the unexpected accomplices of the Democratic Economy. Seeds of a future beyond corporate capitalism and state socialism are being planted in hospital procurement departments, pension fund offices, and even company boardrooms. The road to a system grounded in community, democracy, and justice remains uncertain. Kelly and Howard help us understand we make this road as we walk it by taking a first step together beyond isolation and despair.

The Making of a Democratic Economy: How to Build Prosperity for the Many, Not the Few

Business & Money

Kelly, Marjorie

Economics

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Seventy-one percent of Americans say they believe the economic system is rigged against them--but what's the alternative? This quietly subversive book challenges the unquestioned norms and assumptions of today's capitalism--and shows how a better future is being built through the work of unsung leaders in communities everywhere. From Pine Ridge to Cleveland, a fundamentally different economy is in the making. It's no longer a system of, by, and for the 1 percent. It's an economy of, by, and for the people--a democratic economy that can meet the essential needs of all while respecting planetary boundaries. At a time when competing political visions are at stake the world over, this book urges a move beyond tinkering at the margins to address the systemic crisis at the heart of our economic system. Visiting the frontiers of the new, Marjorie Kelly and Ted Howard distill the first principles at work in this emerging movement: community and sustainability are the alpha and omega, inclusion is vital, labor comes before capital, place matters, finance is ethical, and ownership is democratized. This book tells stories not just of activists and grassroots leaders but of the unexpected accomplices of the democratic economy. Seeds of a future beyond corporate capitalism and state socialism are being planted in hospital procurement departments, pension fund offices, and even company boardrooms.

The Making of a Democratic Economy

Dreamscape Media

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