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The United Nations has a lot of failings and corrections needed, but should it be scrapped?
This article was inspired by a presentation given to the United Nations by scholar Anne Bayefsky  @AnneBayefsky; in her terrific speech at the U.N. <date unknown>. See this speech at https://www.facebook.com/watch/?t=16&v=510489512775586.

In a…[Read more]

Should I change from Conservative to Liberal? Or Neither?
In the United States, the Conservatives run 2 out of 9 sustainable “turn-around policies” and the Liberals run 2 or 3 sustainable policies too. Canadian Conservatives run 0 out of 9 and Canadian Liberals run none.
Sustainable Policies – policies proven to turn around mature capitalisms…[Read more]

Why is Academia failing to teach us how to build a Sustainable Society?
Academia is doing a dreadful job of aligning curriculums with a sustainable society presently – faculty by faculty (even in engineering) and its been going on like this for more than 100-years.
The downward leadership arrow above sums us up pretty well. When you are headed…[Read more]

Canada’s essential welfare system. Is it beneficial to the economy?
Welfare, like every other sustainable policy, is vital to any economy. To explain why, first,  understand what is a Social Contract – not Socialism (1845), rather – Social Contract (1654 – Hobbes). Freedom – in a money society is the difference between salary/incomes and cost…[Read more]

Sustainable Systems start with USE CASES
A defined USE CASE for Monetary Systems is an essential building block and reference tool to understand how centuries of hijacked economic and social science terms, have made productive large democracies impossible today.

USE CASES are used in Systems Analysis to define and describe the functioning of…[Read more]

What does “Socialism” mean?
“Is there ever going to be socialism in America?”
Our misunderstanding of the term “socialism” is far too prevalent. This is an important discussion because countries with little understanding of Social Contract, and with weak Social Contracts as well, are suffering a very real economic impact globally today.

This…[Read more]

Sustaining Populations
Sustaining Populations in human communities happens very reliably when economic opportunity and the things we need – like shelter, family, education, food, and security (see Social Contract) – exist comfortably in a society.

To prove this, think-tank CSQ Research researchers took birthrate records from Canada,…[Read more]