Articles by Hazel Henderson

“LET’S TRAIN HUMANS FIRST….BEFORE WE TRAIN MACHINES” Published by 3BL Media

Article:  3BL Media www.ethicalmarkets.com  By Hazel Henderson© 2018 Monday, December 3, 2018 – 2:05pm   We humans are at the absurd stage in our technological evolution when we seem to have abandoned our common sense.  Billions are spent by governments, corporations and investors in training computer-based algorithms (i.e. computer programs) in today’s mindless rush to create so-called “artificial” …

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Book Review: By Hazel Henderson “HEALING EARTH”, John Todd, Author

Nov. 26, 2018 1:07 PM ET Curling up on a quiet Sunday to read Healing Earth was deeply pleasurable. Author and pioneer biologist/ecologist Dr. John Todd has been one of my teachers over many years, along with Janine Benyus, who wrote the Foreword and is the inventor and author of “Biomimicry“ (1997). We at Ethical Markets are …

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Book Review by Hazel Henderson: “BRAND ACTIVISM: NEW CRITICS OF FINANCE”

© 2018 Authors Philip Kotler, globally acclaimed “father of marketing” and Christian Sarkar in this forthcoming book, Brand Activism”, mount the strongest broadside yet by well-known insiders, on current finance and corporate business models. They unpack current corporate public relations and branding for a deeper look into motivations. Are recent marketing and advertising campaigns to …

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CADMUS: The Future of Democracy Challenged in the Digital Age

Abstract Recent evidence is marshalled concerning the impact on democracies of the global explosion of electronic platforms and digital companies, based initially on the US government- supported and now worldwide Internet. These companies, driving Wall Street stock prices, are still largely unregulated and unchecked by conventional anti-trust regulations, especially in the USA. These companies, especially …

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Book Reviews: “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” and “A Finer Future”

SUMMARY Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari follows his epic best-sellers “Sapiens” and “Homo Deus” with in depth analyses and policy proposals for today’s global problems. Best-selling author L. Hunter Lovins, founder of Natural Capital Solutions and her co-contributors report to the Club of Rome specifics on transforming finance and a blueprint for shifting to regenerative. …

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“A World Parliament: Governance & Democracy In The 21st Century” and “We The Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights”

SUMMARY German/European Parliamentarian Leinen and Bummel, co-founder of Democracy Without Borders trace the expansion of democratic ideals and action and how today’s global problems require expansion of global democracy. Law Professor Adam Winkler documents how the gradual takeover of US democracy by corporations was achieved and took over the Supreme Court. At a time when …

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Book Review: “Can Finance Save The World?”

SUMMARY Former banker Bertrand Badré aims to re-direct global finance toward   the common good. This visionary book’s foreword is by French President Emmanuel Macron. Britain’s Gordon Brown also supports Badré’s vision of finance for human development. Author Bertrand Badré of “Can Finance Save The World?” Berrett-Koehler, (2018) served in top executive jobs at Lazard, Société …

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Long-Term Investing Trends In Global Future Scenarios

SUMMARY “Imaginal Cells” distills views of future possibilities by global luminaries, curated by editors Kim Polman and Stephen Vasconcellos-Sharpe. “A New Reality” expands on “The Survival of the Wisest” (1972) by the late Jonas Salk, updated by his son, Jonathan Salk, outlining paths for human evolution for a sustainable future. “Factfulness” sums up the global …

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