Category: Social and Self-Help

The economy, as we know it, is running out of road. Whether by design or by collapse, the current system is on its last legs, and something new is already clawing its way into place. The question is not whether change will happen, but what form it will take—and who…

For decades, globalization was sold as the future. It promised efficiency, economic growth, and a world so interconnected that national borders would feel like mere lines on a map. Corporations and policymakers alike assured us that a global economy would lift all boats, spreading prosperity across continents. Instead, what we…

For most of modern history, people worked to survive. If they were lucky, they worked to get ahead. In recent decades, the promise of capitalism—at least in its idealized form—was that hard work led to stability, security, and, if things went really well, a decent life. That promise is breaking….

If you want to understand how the modern economy works, forget supply and demand. Forget competition, efficiency, or the invisible hand. The real engine of capitalism—the thing that keeps profits high and the wealthy wealthier—is something far simpler: withholding. Manufactured scarcity is the defining strategy of corporate power. It is…

We are a species with a peculiar gift for dreaming. For centuries, we have imagined utopias, built castles in the air, and scribbled blueprints for worlds where fairness reigns supreme. Yet, the world has a way of humbling dreamers. The stark machinery of greed and power grinds down idealism into…

Few economists have wielded prose as deftly as John Kenneth Galbraith, whose writing—sharp, erudite, and tinged with dry wit—made macroeconomics palatable for the lay reader. In The New Industrial State (1967), Galbraith turns his attention to the machinery of modern capitalism, arguing that America’s economy is not, as classical economists…

The concept of time banking should, in theory, be a lifeline for the economically disadvantaged. It provides a way for people to exchange skills and services without the constraints of money, effectively creating a parallel system where effort is the only currency. And yet, the very people who would benefit…

Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister and prolific economist, has been vocal about the emergence of a new ruling class he terms “Cloudalists,” who preside over what he describes as a techno-feudal order. In his lecture titled “Cloudalists: The New Ruling Class & how can we confront its techno-feudal…