Posts tagged as:

creativity

The Monetization Mystery

by Dan Robles

Show me how everyone is related and I’ll show you a new economic paradigm. Here is how they are not related:

{ 0 comments }

Bretton Woods II – For the Biosphere

by Dan Robles

Whereas Bretton Woods (1) was tasked with rebuilding a war torn world, a new Financial Doctrine is needed to rebuild a war torn Biosphere. Economics as a discipline is based on the fundamental effects of selfishness and Bretton Woods demonstrated that we could in fact define “self” in terms of including the preservation of others. Now the task is to define “self” as including the Biosphere for which a new economic accord could certainly accommodate.

{ 0 comments }

A Clear and Present Value!

by Dan Robles

The value of conversations is real, clear and present – especially in the actions of those who profit wildly from them. I saw this in the negotiations of NAFTA when it was clearly in the best interest of the some negotiators to keep engineers poor weak and disorganized.

{ 0 comments }

Buddhist Economics

by Dan Robles

Everything is Connected:

The economic models and theories that prevailed through the 20th century are rapidly falling apart. Economists scramble to offer explanations and solutions. However, much of what has gone wrong was anticipated years ago by E. F. Schumacher (1911-1977), an Oxford economist and protégé of John Maynard Keynes who proposed a theory of “Buddhist [...]

{ 2 comments }

Creative Credit Crisis

by Dan Robles

Social media needs a definite product that the whole industry can rally around – that product is ‘communication’. Very few problems are created by improved communication. Most problems are solved by better communication. Communication improves information, knowledge and innovation. Solved problems are defined as innovations. It’s a simple matter of how we organize ourselves; like a creative industry or a control industry.

{ 1 comment }

Socialism, Capitalism, or Social Capitalism

by Dan Robles

Throughout history, technological change has also brought changes in the organization of society around the new ways to allocate resources.  The industrial revolution spawned the two prevailing economic theories of our time; Capitalism and Socialism.  The current wave of technological change will likely spawn new economic theories and social organization systems as well.
Capitalism arose from [...]

{ 1 comment }

Social Enterprise; Rating Systems

by Dan Robles

There is an ongoing discussion about the rating system for articles posted to a business oriented social network site that I belong to.  While am not part of the discussion, my one and only post to that site had been rated very low despite the fact that I am recognized internationally in the subject matter [...]

{ 1 comment }