Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The Rules of the Game

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Rules of the Game

Click here to access article by Jim O’Reilly from his blog Comments on Global Political Economy.

Although one might dispute the last clause of the last sentence in the article, this retired maverick banker knows full well that there are other alternatives to "business as usual" with the implication that capitalist rules of their game might be subject to change by the 99 Percent.