Category Archives: economics

Discover LIFE

Posted on May 23, 2016 by

In the never ending quest to make the principles and ideas behind LIFE accessible to a wider audience we have produced an new iBook called “Discover LIFE”. Understanding who we are requires that we can reach beyond our personal perception … Continue reading →

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This Crisis

Posted on November 10, 2014 by

Across the industrialised world we face a set of problems, that are destined to be the problems of all people across the whole world. The affordability of the social-democratic State is in question, particularly in a low growth and resource … Continue reading →

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Service, not material, is the basis of human groups

Posted on September 23, 2014 by

Human society, as it is currently configured, is unaffordable. Why? Because service, not material, is the true basis of human groups. Membership of a group costs every individual member of the group a little something, an intangible, and not the same … Continue reading →

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BOTH

Posted on May 2, 2014 by

The survival of BOTH – both our social group and our individual uniqueness are part of the same evolutionary forces that led homo sapiens to this point. We must understand that inescapable inheritance in order to fashion systems and structures … Continue reading →

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First new economic model in 100 years

Posted on April 4, 2014 by

The recognition that social safety is a parallel requirement for economic success, and the revelation that unconditional safety is both the natural expression of solidarity and the key to liberating economic performance, has unveiled a new economic model for human society that will transform the 21st Century into a new age of enlightened prosperity. Continue reading →

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Conditional Cash Corrupts Us All

Posted on March 13, 2014 by

Why cash has no place in a social security system. Unconditional love is the ultimate expression of our humanity for a reason, because it is the basis of our successful evolution. The purpose of social security is to provide unconditional … Continue reading →

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How to Change the Post-Crash Economy – Review

Posted on March 10, 2014 by

Last week (6th Mar 2014) the RSA convened an expert panel including Costas Lapavitsas – professor of economics at SOAS, Paul Mason, Culture and Digital editor, Channel 4 News; Mariana Mazzucato RM Phillips professor in the Economics of Innovation at … Continue reading →

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Why WellFair Works Fair

Posted on February 26, 2014 by

The welfare debate has become confused and poisonous. We are firmly in the territory of “deserving” versus “undeserving” poor, when the real issue is affordability. As all advanced societies start to grapple with the challenge of how to run a … Continue reading →

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Snakes can’t jump

Posted on November 29, 2013 by

Snakes can’t jump – why voting Labour in the next election won’t make any difference “Lemmings, left!” ~ heard from the back of the pack as they hurtled towards the cliff. Across the industrialised or ‘advanced’ world there is a … Continue reading →

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We have to solve the real problems

Posted on September 15, 2013 by

The real problem is that we are not running a working system. Not economically or financially. Not socially. Not environmentally. Economically we are not balancing our books, and using debt to plug the gap. And we are paying millions of people … Continue reading →

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