We all know the word, and we all seem to have a sense that we live in a technocractic society, but I am not sure how well aware we are of how this translates into our reality, or why it is quite possibly destroying us. This is not a harangue against technology itself. Technocracy [...]

It has been too long since I have posted in this blog. Not that I haven't thought about the issues that are confronting us...but it does get too overwhelming at times. I am writing this from Bolivia, South America, where I have been for over a month now. Last year I wrote [...]

In the comment section of my most recent post, Tim from Kiva writes: The frustration lies in how the global warming cause can be a middle-to-upper middle class cause. Someone struggling to eat on a daily basis or ensuring a stable roof [...]

In many ways economics is a historical science. Economists rely on historical data for the formulation of predictive models. Therefore, economics is a science of precedence. One of the most pertinent critiques against the modern practice [...]

Today is International Women's Day. To start, it's important to recognize that women are still the most marginalized majority group in the world today. The statistics tell the story: 70% of the world's 1.3 billion poor people are women; 80% of the world's refugees are women; a mere [...]