Capital is Consensus

January 19, 2009 by · 1 Comment 

A great follow up to my post on Bananas and Industrialization is in this amazing post from Umair Haque How to Be a 21st Century Capitalist. He explains that:

20th century capitalism, in other words, marginally valued pure financial capital too highly, while marginally valuing human, natural, social, and cultural capital at zero – or, at the limit, negatively.

He goes on to say that “capital is consensus” which Read more

More on Avoiding Layoffs

January 6, 2009 by · Leave a Comment 

Bill Taylor has a great post here that provides a nice footnote to my post here, “Smart Companies Avoiding Layoffs.” He asks:

Am I suggesting that leaders rule out layoffs, investment reductions, or budget cuts? Of course not. But I am proposing one simple discipline Read more

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