When instabilities occur in economic markets, four things happen. Social cohesion and order weake... more When instabilities occur in economic markets, four things happen. Social cohesion and order weakens. Politics becomes polarized, even autocratic. Corruption invades every part of the system. And, globally, mass migrations become epidemic. State failures are increasing. Global risks are spreading. World order, in truth, is only an illusion.
HANDS & BRAINS UNBOUND views the philosophical foundations at the heart of the increasing contradictions between politics and economics—through a unique prism: nation-building. Based on a ground-breaking 9-year case study of the failed nation-building project imposed upon Bosnia-Herzegovina, this book reveals the behind-the-scenes machinations of international politics being played out around the world—at the expense of reasoned economic and social development.
This case study reveals that civilizations arise and decay as a direct consequence of their essential economic—not political—relevance to the larger world. If we have the courage to confront these new revelations, we may finally liberate ourselves from the bonds of illusion. And unleash a new age of civilization.
Automation and artificial intelligence are rapidly replacing the demand for mass human labor thr... more Automation and artificial intelligence are rapidly replacing the demand for mass human labor throughout virtually every sector of the economy. In the coming years, this trend is expected to increase exponentially. We are soon to reach a stage where humans no longer need humans in the production of goods and services. Already, we can witness the weakening of social order and the angry ‘tribalization’ of political agency.
WEALTH BEYOND NATIONS innovatively combines moral philosophy and economic theory to examine vital flaws in our knowledge of how society and economic markets actually operate. From this ground-breaking examination, we discover that government and corporate institutions are critically unprepared to confront the socioeconomic and technological evolutions now occurring at increasing speed.
But we also discover a surprising future: ourselves.
When instabilities occur in economic markets, four things happen. Social cohesion and order weake... more When instabilities occur in economic markets, four things happen. Social cohesion and order weakens. Politics becomes polarized, even autocratic. Corruption invades every part of the system. And, globally, mass migrations become epidemic. State failures are increasing. Global risks are spreading. World order, in truth, is only an illusion.
HANDS & BRAINS UNBOUND views the philosophical foundations at the heart of the increasing contradictions between politics and economics—through a unique prism: nation-building. Based on a ground-breaking 9-year case study of the failed nation-building project imposed upon Bosnia-Herzegovina, this book reveals the behind-the-scenes machinations of international politics being played out around the world—at the expense of reasoned economic and social development.
This case study reveals that civilizations arise and decay as a direct consequence of their essential economic—not political—relevance to the larger world. If we have the courage to confront these new revelations, we may finally liberate ourselves from the bonds of illusion. And unleash a new age of civilization.
Automation and artificial intelligence are rapidly replacing the demand for mass human labor thr... more Automation and artificial intelligence are rapidly replacing the demand for mass human labor throughout virtually every sector of the economy. In the coming years, this trend is expected to increase exponentially. We are soon to reach a stage where humans no longer need humans in the production of goods and services. Already, we can witness the weakening of social order and the angry ‘tribalization’ of political agency.
WEALTH BEYOND NATIONS innovatively combines moral philosophy and economic theory to examine vital flaws in our knowledge of how society and economic markets actually operate. From this ground-breaking examination, we discover that government and corporate institutions are critically unprepared to confront the socioeconomic and technological evolutions now occurring at increasing speed.
But we also discover a surprising future: ourselves.
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HANDS & BRAINS UNBOUND views the philosophical foundations at the heart of the increasing contradictions between politics and economics—through a unique prism: nation-building. Based on a ground-breaking 9-year case study of the failed nation-building project imposed upon Bosnia-Herzegovina, this book reveals the behind-the-scenes machinations of international politics being played out around the world—at the expense of reasoned economic and social development.
This case study reveals that civilizations arise and decay as a direct consequence of their essential economic—not political—relevance to the larger world. If we have the courage to confront these new revelations, we may finally liberate ourselves from the bonds of illusion. And unleash a new age of civilization.
WEALTH BEYOND NATIONS innovatively combines moral philosophy and economic theory to examine vital flaws in our knowledge of how society and economic markets actually operate. From this ground-breaking examination, we discover that government and corporate institutions are critically unprepared to confront the socioeconomic and technological evolutions now occurring at increasing speed.
But we also discover a surprising future: ourselves.
HANDS & BRAINS UNBOUND views the philosophical foundations at the heart of the increasing contradictions between politics and economics—through a unique prism: nation-building. Based on a ground-breaking 9-year case study of the failed nation-building project imposed upon Bosnia-Herzegovina, this book reveals the behind-the-scenes machinations of international politics being played out around the world—at the expense of reasoned economic and social development.
This case study reveals that civilizations arise and decay as a direct consequence of their essential economic—not political—relevance to the larger world. If we have the courage to confront these new revelations, we may finally liberate ourselves from the bonds of illusion. And unleash a new age of civilization.
WEALTH BEYOND NATIONS innovatively combines moral philosophy and economic theory to examine vital flaws in our knowledge of how society and economic markets actually operate. From this ground-breaking examination, we discover that government and corporate institutions are critically unprepared to confront the socioeconomic and technological evolutions now occurring at increasing speed.
But we also discover a surprising future: ourselves.