This has been around for awhile. I lost it. I just found it again. I think it is an article giving information very appropriate to the emerging lifestyle we are experiencing. MB
Saturday, November 29, 2008
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You may recall I was very active with the UN when they were trying to put together the UN Youth Assembly. See http://www.michaelbutler.com/orlok/michael/uthant.html for the full story. Due to this involvement as their principle fund raiser I appeared on the screen when Benjamin Quinto was seeking out those involved. He tracked me down as he was starting on his quest to found the Global Youth Action Network (GYAN). Since then I have had the pleasure and honor of getting to know Benjamin and serve on the GYAN Board of Directors. He has recently started a new pursuit of doing great work in activism. He is someone worthwhile to follow as he departs on this new path. MB
Sunday, November 23, 2008
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This is a great review of a very interesting book. It outlines aa positive approach to our climbing out of the abyss into which the last two terms have plunged us. MB
Monday, November 17, 2008
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Perhaps a bit of history however let us recall where we were at not so long ago. Let us hope he does not forget where we came from. MB
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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I will not apologize for my current barrage of economic news. It is simply too important
to ignore. We are in a perilous situation which will not respond to the system we following since Nixon.
I tell all my rich friends, In HAIR I wanted to create a dialogue between generations. I wanted to explain to the elite (the theatre audience) what the young felt and sensed.
I felt matters were so polarized that we were near a revolution. Remember the Civil War was the most terrible war in our history.
I feel that nowadays the current probability of great disruption is more dangerous than the end of the 60's.
You must recognize, my rich friends, that we are outnumbered 1000's to 1. The only solution is to raise all boats. Otherwise we sink with all. MB
Monday, November 3, 2008
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In the heavy duty publications which we read nowadays economics are usually covered by pronouncements so obtuse that they bring to mind the unlamented former head of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan. Vanity Fair is a publication which has a reputation of being a glossy celebrity rag. This tag comes from those who have not really studied the magazine. It always has some very serious political and social articles. In addition it has an Editor, Graydon Carter whose editorials are worth the publication.
Now Joseph E. Stiglitz, a noted economist from Columbia University, has weighed in with a profound article about our current financial predicament. 'Current' may be a misnomer. One wonders whether we should not consider this crisis permanent or at least extended. In this article not only is there the obligatory litany of who made this happen but simple explanations of what happened.
Most important Stiglitz has laid out some programs which deserve serious consideration. Thus we are not only left with gloom and doom but we are presented with some ideas well worth our time of study. Being an optimist this article impresses me. It is a great example of what we need to read more often. MB
Saturday, November 1, 2008
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