As the stock market crash of 1929 plunged the world into turmoil, two men emerged with competing claims on how to restore balance to economies gone awry. John Maynard Keynes, the mercurial Cambridge economist, believed that government had a duty to spend when others would not. H…
"Welcome to the "Solution Economy" We're at a critical juncture in our global economy, with the siloed ways of the past (public vs. private) quickly fading. Instead, we are witnessing a step change in how society deals with its own problems-in which government acts as just one p…
"Welcome to the "Solution Economy" We're at a critical juncture in our global economy, with the siloed ways of the past (public vs. private) quickly fading. Instead, we are witnessing a step change in how society deals with its own problems-in which government acts as just one p…
"Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their e…
In this exploration of the role of nationalism in this century, Gellner considers the ideas of modern thinkers on the subject, from Marx to Said. Covering Eastern, Western and Islamic societies, he discusses the themes of civil society, theocracy, communism, imperialism, capital…
In this exploration of the role of nationalism in this century, Gellner considers the ideas of modern thinkers on the subject, from Marx to Said. Covering Eastern, Western and Islamic societies, he discusses the themes of civil society, theocracy, communism, imperialism, capital…