Money Is Power In American Politics. It

Democracy Is Held Captive, Not Just By Money, But By Ideas - The Ideas That Money Buys.

Creating A Positive Future Begins In Human Conversation. The Simplest And Most Powerful Investment Any Member Of A Community Or An Organisation Can Make Is To Begin With Other People As Though The Answers Mattered.

Efficiency Obliterates Identity

The Brilliant Creative Core Of Capitalism ... Is The Story The Entrepreneurs And Capital Investors Tell Themselves About The Future. How They Intend To Alter It, What They Expect To Gain In Return, Where They Will Raise The Capital To Accomplish Their Vision. Many Of Their Stories Turn Out To Be Flawed Or Mistaken, Of Course, But The Capacity To Envision A Set Of Future Events And Then Act To Fulfill Them Is A Central Source Of Capitalism's Strength And Its Dominance Of Society.

In The Deregulated Realm Of Us Banking And Finance, Crime Does Occasionally Pay For Its Foul Deeds, Not In Prison Time But By Making Modest Rebates To The Victims.