Ordinary citizens the world over have long paid the price for the swashbuckling behavior of the corporate and political elite. We’ve seen the reigning establishment widen the gap between rich and poor, champion endless growth on a finite planet, wreak havoc on developing nations, and ravage ecosystems in a mad race for natural resources.
Now, as demonstrators worldwide demand change, Occupy World Street offers a sweeping vision of how to reform our global economic and political structures, break away from empire, and build a world of self-determining sovereign states that respect the need for ecological sustainability and uphold human rights.
In this refreshingly detailed plan, Ross Jackson shows how a handful of small nations could take on a leadership role; create new alliances, new governance, and new global institutions; and, in cooperation with grassroots activists, pave the way for other nations to follow suit.
Table of Content
About the author
Foreword / Hazel Henderson
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Planet Under Siege
Assault on nature
Energy descent
Collapse of civilizations
Part 2: Drivers Of Destruction
Evolution of economic beliefs
Neoliberal project
Financial crises
Part 3: Empire
Kennan doctrine
Who is in charge?
Part 4: New Values, New Beliefs
Emergent worldview
Learning from nature
Gaian economics
Part 5: Toward A Gaian World Order
Designing a Gaian world
Gaian trade organization
Gaian clearing union
Gaian development bank
Gaian world
Part 6: Getting There
Breakaway strategy
Afterword
Notes
Index
About the author
Hazel Henderson, Ph.D., is a world renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, worldwide syndicated columnist, consultant on sustainable development, and author of Beyond Globalization and seven other books. As founder of Ethical Markets Media, LLC she has created and co-produced its TV series ‘Ethical Markets’. A fellow of the World Business Academy, she serves on several boards and shared the Global Citizen Award with Nobel Laureate A. Perez Esquivel of Argentina. Her articles have appeared in over 250 journals, including (in the US) Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, and Challenge; Mainichi (Japan); El Diario (Venezuela); World Economic Herald (China); Le Monde Diplomatique (France); and Australian Financial Review. Her books are translated into German, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Korean, Portuguese, and Chinese.
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