This time, especially worth reading and sharing articles:
> Mark Blyth chooses and discusses the best 5 books on how Political Economy works >> The Passions and the Interests by Albert Hirschman, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy by Barrington Moore, The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi, The Rhetoric of Reaction by Albert Hirschman, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes
> Is philanthropy repugnant to the idea of democracy? Aaron Horvath & Walter Powell: “’Disruptive philanthropy‘ seeks to shape civic values in the image of funders’ interests… to change public opinion and demand.” — A review of David Callahan’s The Givers: Money, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age
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I was hoping for some commentary on the Origins of Democracy…. Since 1988 U S Congressional Resolution #331 addresses the role of the Iroquois Constitution in the development of our US Constitution: “Gayaneshagowa-the great law of Peace” reportedly availed us ‘democratic tools’ like “Recall Petitions” and “Ballot Initiatives”, as well as availing women the Rights to Assert, Debate, Vote, and Declare war-over half a century before the Magna Carta made its ‘debut’. …
Robert Olcott and others would appreciate Bruce Johansen’s “Forgotten Founders”, The Harvard Common Press (1982), which details how the American Indian influenced the US Constitution.