The Koch brothers have turned Wisconsin into their own personal laboratory for corporate political corruption.  And this week, they’ve helped push a trifecta of bills through the state legislature that will not only gut transparency in Wisconsin, but it will also give corporations more political influence than ever before. See Ring of Fire video.

TEDxBerlin – Bernard Lietaer Title of speech:  Why this crisis (2009)? And what to do about it? We can solve the unemployment problem with local home-grown currencies.  The financial system focuses on efficiency (mergers and monopolies) at the expense of resilience. This leads to repeated failures. A parallel, or complementary currency can link unmet needs…

Can we really bulldoze the homeless out of existence? With rents rising by $300, $500, or double what they were just a few short months ago, big money is forcing the 99% out of housing in Portland. Those who are living paycheck-to-paycheck, or deciding between meds, bills, or food will be at risk. KBOO (90.7 FM)…

This story illustrates how real estate developers and investors are forcing creatives who live on modest budgets out of Portland.  Indeed, the soul is Portland is dying as favorite landmarks are overshadowed by steel and glass. The following is a quote from Willamette Week, published on 10-22-15. My name is Carye Bye and I make my living as…

  Community credit and biomimicry RADIO SHOW:  Jamie Brown (see past and ongoing projects, below) sees community credit (like local exchange trade systems—LETS), springing up under the canopy of the overarching monetary system. Quoting Ms. Brown on the website, Conscious Evolution, http://www.consciousevolution.ch/: ‘I’ve focused on regenerative financial architecture since 2005 and am excited about interconnecting…

Articles from https://nopsychos.wordpress.com/category/corporatocracy/ The Sneaky Bastard’s (Sociopath) Playbook This is a book review of The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene.  Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, The 48 Laws of Power is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and…

Corporate execs are putting the corporation’s money into financial engineering schemes instead of CAPEX (investment in factories and jobs).  This props up the stock’s value while ignoring expenditures needed to keep the corporation operating. Interest rates are at an all-time low – almost nil – hence the enticement for execs to buy back the corporation’s shares…