Month: January 2012

Eradicating Poverty Through Profits Part 2

THE FORTUNE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID ERADICATING POVERTY THROUGH PROFITS C.K. PRAHALAD REVISED AND UPDATED 5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING                  2004/2010 PART II   PART I: PRIVATE SECTOR AND POVERTY PROGRESS DURING 2004-2009   New Introduction: Private Sector and Poverty: Progress During 2004-2009 Five years is not a long time to evaluate …

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The Search For a Just Society Part 3

THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD                       1989 PART III Chapter 3: Zoroastrianism and the Persian Empire For over a thousand years one of the world’s most influential religions was Zoroastrianism, the second of the monotheistic and ethical faiths. When exactly Zoroaster lived is a matter of dispute: some argue for the …

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Quantum Shift in the Global Brain Part 11

QUANTUM SHIFT IN THE GLOBAL BRAIN HOW THE NEW SCIENTIFIC REALITY CAN CHANGE US AND OUR WORLD ERVIN LASZLO INNER TRADITIONS                    2008 www.InnerTraditions.com PART XI   Chapter 8: Evolution, Not Extinction! A Call From Fiji Adi Da, a New York-born world-renowned hermit living on a remote island of Fiji, has issued an urgent call for …

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Food First Part 9

FOOD FIRST BEYOND THE MYTH OF SCARCITY FRANCES MOORE LAPPE & JOSEPH COLLINS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON                          1977 PART IX Chapter 8: Does Ignorance Breed Babies? Chapter 9: Sophisticated Fatalism? Chapter 10: Controlling Births or Controlling the Population?   PART III: COLONIAL INHERITANCE Chapter 11. Why Can’t People Feed Themselves? Question: You have said that …

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The Search For a Just Society Part 2

THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD                       1989 PART II   Chapter 1: Peace through Empire: Egypt and Mesopotamia The earliest civilizations consisted of multitudes of small city states which had no formal borders and were often in armed conflict with one another. The first successful imposition of peace over an extended …

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Quantum Shift in Global Brain Part 10

QUANTUM SHIFT IN THE GLOBAL BRAIN HOW THE NEW SCIENTIFIC REALITY CAN CHANGE US AND OUR WORLD ERVIN LASZLO INNER TRADITIONS                    2008 www.InnerTraditions.com PART X   Chapter 7: The Culture of Holos Moving toward a civilization of Holos is not merely an option: it is a survival imperative. Fortunately it is not feasible, nor is …

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Food First Part 8

FOOD FIRST BEYOND THE MYTH OF SCARCITY FRANCES MOORE LAPPE & JOSEPH COLLINS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON                          1977 PART VIII   Chapter 7: The Food versus Poison Trade-off? (Cont) The human toll Even after the American insecticide Phosvel had been associated with the crippling of some 1200 water buffalo in Egypt, the Velsicol Chemical Corporation …

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