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Former IMF chief economist Joseph Stiglitz has a message for everybody who’s sitting around waiting for the economy to “get back to normal.” . . . Stop waiting. ‘Cause that train’s gone, and it ain’t coming back. And the sooner we accept that “normal,” as post WWII America knew and loved it, will not be an option in this century, the sooner we’ll get ourselves moving forward on the path toward a new kind of prosperity. The only real question now is: What future awaits us on the other side of the coming shift? . . . Stiglitz argues that our current economic woes are the result of a deep structural shift in the economy — a once-in-a-lifetime phase change that happens whenever the foundations of an old economic order are disrupted, and a new basis of wealth creation comes forward to take its place. . » Continue reading “Why Going ‘Back To Normal’ Is No Longer An Option”

Radical sociologist David Harvey asks: is it time to look beyond capitalism towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that really could be responsible, just, and humane?

If you are the kind of person who likes to plan for the future, then this talk has some important information for you.

Jeff was one of the first economists to accurately predict soaring oil prices in 2000. At that time, Jeff said that oil prices would hit $50 (U.S.) a barrel within five years. Although other economists balked, time proved him correct. . . . Jeff has been named Canada’s top economist 10 times, and has had 10 number one rankings by international economists, such as in the Brendan Woods annual survey.

This scene carries so many levels of meaning that it boggles my mind. If this is supposedly one of the “holiest” places in Christendom, then perhaps Christendom is coming to an end.

Peaceful demonstrators are now being classified as terrorists. Militarized police forces now being used to shut down free speech in the U.S.

While the response to demonstrators by the Egyptian military is extremely brutal, is it all that different from the Oakland police shooting Scott Olsen in the head with a tear gas bomb?

It’s hard to not think that you are somehow now a character in “Blade Runner”, and you are watching the video below as if it is a newscast. … And now that you think of it, is that so far off the mark?