Introduction: Markets and the Good https://t.co/AUjERd4ErA via @hedgehogreview Thoughtful review of the last 3 decades when we misunderstood the basic concepts driving the economy. It is the practice of moral philosophy, as Adam Smith preached.
The battle for the Colorado River is a water warning to us all https://t.co/NJOf8ZYWe6 Water is the blood of the planet: rivers as arteries and lakes and oceans as the heart. Ecosystems as our human bodies is the image for our hopefully survival.
Socialism is a scare word they've hurled at every advance the people have made. Socialism is what they called public power, social security, deposit insurance, and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for anything that helps all people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
https://t.co/fcfHpwKCZS The good news is that "Society’s expectations of business have changed more in the past two years than in the previous 20." Even Milton Friedman said: "increase your profits keeping to the law and ethical customs." And those "customs" are changing.
The graphic tells the story behind the headline. How are we putting the "unalienable right" of liberty to work for us all. Is it really "self-evident"? If it were, why the struggle? https://t.co/fIjTm2Vtuv
The Real Story of Occupy Wall Street Is What’s Happened Since https://t.co/fXTR6loxW3 via @RollingStone#GSB595. The heart of it all to affect change: "... trying to inscribe democracy into daily economic life." Educating the MBA mind to do it.
https://t.co/hoj40rKyV2 #GSB595. "Radically amend the present system." not through ideologies but with the practice of inquiry asking "what is just so that all life flourishes."
Review | The power of rational thinking in a world that seems unreasonable https://t.co/FmMf0eJY1h #GSB595. Pinker offers "a pragmatic dose of optimism." Pragmatic Inquiry is driven by igniting our Values and Vision.
The C.E.O. Other C.E.O.s Turn to for Advice https://t.co/hVUoLm9tHu. #GSB595. When you become CEO you need a broader "views on the world" Weltanschauung. Our values and beliefs shape that view. And that's what drives our decisions and actions.
Pope Francis responds to attacks from church critics: ‘They are the work of the devil.’ https://t.co/3qPLqwbbEb. #gsb595. “I go ahead, not because I want to start a revolution,” he said. “I do what I feel I must do. It takes a lot of patience, prayer and charity.” His calling.
Is Self-Awareness a Mirage? https://t.co/NOnkPC7p31 #gsb595. The need for Pragmatic Inquiry - what is your calling. It is not all about you but why you are here and whom do you serve. Your purpose.
See-Judge-Act: The foundational pastoral method of Laudato Sí https://t.co/ecl5WANwci #TLM gsb595. But it is not easy to see. Remember the fox’s Secret to the Little Prince. Only the heart can see what is essential.
Cheap, disposable fashion is damaging the planet. If consumers don’t seem to care, should investors? https://t.co/dAgVRRg8jU via @WSJ#GSB595. The slow movement to sustainability, but a clear market trend driven by investors "tuning in" to the macromarket system conversation.
Brands can’t tell people how to be happy, but they can create happiness https://t.co/nOgv2qn8SZ how to-happy-can create happiness/1721067 via @campaignmag#GSB595. How we live together so all life flourishes. That's a positive message.