THE EARTH IS BUT ONE COUNTRY JOHN HUDDLESTON The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom 1976/1988 PART II Chapter 1: There is a New Wind Blowing (Cont) B – There is no hiding place Though it becomes more evident each day that we will have to respond to these challenges, …
THE ECONOMICS OF INNOCENT FRAUD J.K. GALBRAITH PENGUIN BOOKS 2004/2005 PART III Chapter 3: The Economics of Accommodation In the age of admitted capitalism there came a socially modifying reference. That was to the ultimate economic authority: consumer choice as to expenditure, meaning consumer sovereignty. Here the power of the public at large: economic …
SEVEN TOMORROWS TOWARD A VOLUNTARY HISTORY THE POTENTIAL CRISES THAT FACE HUANKIND – AND THE ROLE OF CHOICE IN DETERMINING THE FUTURE PAUL HAWKEN, JAMES OGILVY, PETER SCHWARTZ BANTAM NEW AGE BOOKS 1982 PART III PART TWO: SEVEN SCENARIOS FOR THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES Chapter 3: The Official Future Technological triumph sums up the …
WHERE I LIVED AND WHAT I LIVED FOR HENRY DAVID THOREAU GREAT IDEAS PENGUIN BOOKS 1854/2005 PART 1II Where I lived, and What I lived For At a certain stage of our life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house. I have thus surveyed the country on …
THE NATURE OF MASS POVERTY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1979 PART I Preface by JKG This book had its origins almost two decades ago in India. In those years, the early sixties, the United States had a large and costly program of assistance to Indian agriculture. Its purpose was to help increase Indian …
THE EARTH IS BUT ONE COUNTRY JOHN HUDDLESTON The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom 1976/1988 PART I Back cover The interdependence of all nations and peoples of the earth has today become an established fact and the need for global cooperation on such issues as the environment, health, education, …
THE ECONOMICS OF INNOCENT FRAUD J.K. GALBRAITH PENGUIN BOOKS 2004/2005 PART II Chapter 2: The Renaming of the System The economic system that is common to all the economically advanced countries of the world and in more diffuse form to others – the exceptions being North Korea, Cuba and, in reference but not in …
SEVEN TOMORROWS TOWARD A VOLUNTARY HISTORY THE POTENTIAL CRISES THAT FACE HUMANKIND – AND THE ROLE OF CHOICE IN DETERMINING THE FUTURE PAUL HAWKEN, JAMES OGILVY, PETER SCHWARTZ BANTAM NEW AGE BOOKS 1982 PART II Chapter 2: Constructing Scenarios of the Future For choice to be possible, clear alternatives must be available. Each alternative must …
WHERE I LIVED AND WHAT I LIVED FOR HENRY DAVID THOREAU GREAT IDEAS PENGUIN BOOKS 1854/2005 PART 1I Economy (Cont.) If I should attempt to tell how I have desired to spend my life in years past, it would probably surprise those of my readers who are somewhat acquainted with its actual history; it …
A NEW GREEN HISTORY OF THE WORLD THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE COLLAPSE OF GREAT CIVILISATIONS CLIVE PONTING VINTAGE BOOKS 2007 PART XV Chapter 11: The Weight of Numbers (Cont.) Water The intensification of food production and the huge increase in output in the last two centuries have been partially achieved by a massive increase in …
