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JFK’s Advice for this Hour of Change and Challenge
As I travel around the world speaking at venues that range from corporate summits to rock festivals and from consumer groups to universities, I hear deep dissatisfaction with the current...
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Lessons from an Underground City
"Three families lived in this tiny space. On average, about 14 people." Robert, our Edinburgh guide, spread his arms around a room that was approximately the size of the interior of a sch...
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The Perception Bridge: Building a Better Reality
My success as chief economist at a major international consulting firm was not due to the lessons I learned in business school. It was not due to the competence of my staff of brilliant e...
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Sleeping on a Volcano
Last night I slept on the slopes to Tungurahua, a highly active volcano in Ecuador. I felt the earth shiver, heard her rumble, and smelled her smoke. I was very conscious that this earth...
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The Answer is Never Violence
Attorney General Loretta Lynch on July 8, 2016 said about the shooting of police officers in Dallas: "The answer is never violence."I totally agree with the Attorney General.I have to won...
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What You Can Do to Fix a Broken System. You Personally!
Note: Join me for my July workshop at the Omega Institute . Details at the bottom of this newsletter. “What can I do to fix a broken global economy? Me personally.” It’s a question I’ve h...
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Hit by the Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Hit Men
NOTE: I will be teaching at the Omega Institute this summer. I’ve been interviewed by lots of journalists in the past month in response to the Panama Papers disclosures. A question I ofte...
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Victories for Water Conservation Spur Action
NOTE: John will be teaching workshops on the Shift Network and on campus at the Omega Institute Rather than adding to the frenetic election discussion, I think it a good time to look at t...
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Verizon Strike Highlights Need for Fair Policies
NOTE: I will be teaching workshops on the Shift Network & at the Omega Institute! About 45,000 Verizon workers went on strike last month, making it the largest strike in the U.S. since th...
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Surveillance: the Price for National Security?
NOTE: John will be teaching workshops on the Shift Network and on campus at the Omega Institute ! Should you trust corporations with your personal information? Who poses a bigger threat,...
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Speak Up About Weapons Makers' Power
In the wake of all-too-common school shootings, President Barack Obama issued an executive order earlier this year to increase funding for mental health care, firearm licensing and backgr...
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U.S. Consumers Rein in Big Ag and Send A Strong Message about People Power
U.S. consumers celebrated a couple of victories over multinational food industry economic hit men (EHMs) last month: Under pressure from various consumer groups, the U.S. Senate rejected...
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