Recent Papers

Summary Review of ‘Makers and Takers’ by Rana Foroohar as applies to finance and connected to Zucman’s and Waddell’s work. Review of ‘Hidden Wealth of Nations’ by Gabriel Zucman as applies to finance and connected to Foroohar’s and Waddell’s work. Review of ‘Change for the Audacious’ by Steve Waddell as applies to finance and connected …

Book Reviews: ‘Makers And Takers,’ ‘Hidden Wealth Of Nations,’ And ‘Change For The Audacious’ Read More »

World Affairs: The Journal of International Issues, Vol. 15 No. 1 Winter Hazel Henderson © 2010 The yawning gap between the real world and the discipline and profession of economics has never been wider.  The ever-increasing abstractions in finance and its models based on “efficient markets” and “rational actors”: capital asset pricing, Value-at-Risk, Black-Scholes Options …

REAL ECONOMIES AND THE ILLUSIONS OF ABSTRACTION Read More »

http://www.comer.org/archives/2014/COMER_January2014.pdf

Prepared for the Emergency Congress – “From Crisis to a Just and Sustainable World Economy” London, February 23-25, 2009, sponsored by US President Obama’s decision to skip the first summit of leaders of the G-20 in Washington, November 15-16, 2008 reflected his understanding that the world economic order has changed. The new global players in …

More Advice for Summiteers on Reforming the Global Casino Read More »

by Hazel Henderson © Hazel Henderson, December 2008 (Background notes to Hazel Henderson’s video presentation to the Green Economy Initiative Conference, UNEP, Geneva, Dec. 1, 2008. Editorials covering these topics in greater depth are all at www.EthicalMarkets.com) ● The financial crisis of 2008 presents the best opportunity in over a century to simultaneously reform money …

Re-Designing Money Systems to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Accelerate the Growing Green Economy Read More »

by Hazel Henderson Summer 2007 Futurists do not have crystal balls. The best of us seek to identify trends, ahead of conventional wisdom, economic forecasting and market research. The trick is to widen the focus and map all these longer-term trends identified as keys to the future and see how they may amplify or dampen …

The Next 15 Years Read More »

© Hazel Henderson, August 2005 (Word Count 8,155) The human family numbering now over 6 billion is clearly the most biologically successful species on planet Earth.  We have evolved from our birthplaces on the African continent to colonize every part of Earth, consuming 40% of all its primary photosynthetic production – leading to the current …

21st Century Strategies for Sustainability Read More »

© Hazel Henderson, 2005 Word Count 6,974 “Terra Habitavel” International Symposium    UNISINOS University of Sao Leopoldo Sao Leopoldo, Brasil May 17-19, 2005 Thank you for the honor of addressing this distinguished symposium and its vital theme of re-integrating human knowledge so as to address the human condition in this new century. The human family numbering …

Sustainable Society and Sustainable Development: Limits and Possibilities Read More »

Buon Dia! Obrigada! Obrigada – for the great honor of addressing this Eco Awards Luncheon to pay tribute to such exemplary leaders of Brasil’s business community. These leaders are role models and their companies are exemplars illuminating the evolution of markets in our 21st century toward higher ethical standards. I congratulate all these wonderful enterprises: …

Planetary Citizenship: Human Evolution and 21st Century Markets Read More »