A quality product sometimes requires time. And is worth the wait. Here is commentary from one of my favorites: The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences.
Thank you for the encouragement. Sometimes I just riff off events under discussion at the moment in the blogosphere, aiming at identifying contradictions and providing clarification. When I started these special articles, I wanted them to be...well...SPECIAL... if I could. Longer perhaps, but deeper. I think that the people who support this Old Guy & his Cat deserve something extra. In the process, I am learning a lot. Polymathy is a gift -- but comes with issues -- like confusion. Autodidacticsm - same. Rewrite. Redo. Rethink. Re...re...re... :)
If you have not, Read Michael Hudson. His many books, including those on the history of debt going back to the Bronze Age. Start with super imperialism. (free pdf link -scrowl the banner /top list at the Facebook group, Celebrate Facebook Freedom) or listen to the third edition You tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc9kF-TPubo&list=PL8R-uen6FfFzJl-ja3MZiE3qMcWnA5a7i
I am a big fan of Hudson, who has a unique and very accurate perspective. Of course, the US's problem is DEBT--and who knows more about that than Hudson. I have written a lot about the Neolithic Revolution. One thing I missed was what Hudson writes about --debt -- and how it works in multi-layered, hierarchical sedentist mass societies (ie. societies beyond the Dunbar Number of possible relationships (about 400).
A quality product sometimes requires time. And is worth the wait. Here is commentary from one of my favorites: The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences.
Carroll Quigley
Thank you for the encouragement. Sometimes I just riff off events under discussion at the moment in the blogosphere, aiming at identifying contradictions and providing clarification. When I started these special articles, I wanted them to be...well...SPECIAL... if I could. Longer perhaps, but deeper. I think that the people who support this Old Guy & his Cat deserve something extra. In the process, I am learning a lot. Polymathy is a gift -- but comes with issues -- like confusion. Autodidacticsm - same. Rewrite. Redo. Rethink. Re...re...re... :)
If you have not, Read Michael Hudson. His many books, including those on the history of debt going back to the Bronze Age. Start with super imperialism. (free pdf link -scrowl the banner /top list at the Facebook group, Celebrate Facebook Freedom) or listen to the third edition You tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc9kF-TPubo&list=PL8R-uen6FfFzJl-ja3MZiE3qMcWnA5a7i
I am a big fan of Hudson, who has a unique and very accurate perspective. Of course, the US's problem is DEBT--and who knows more about that than Hudson. I have written a lot about the Neolithic Revolution. One thing I missed was what Hudson writes about --debt -- and how it works in multi-layered, hierarchical sedentist mass societies (ie. societies beyond the Dunbar Number of possible relationships (about 400).