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May, 2012
- Three Meanings of Capitalism: The Social Leader Daily Sent Friday, May 25, 2012 Email #334 Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille Three Meanings of Capitalism The term "capitalism" is often used interchangeably with "democracy," "freedom," and "free enterprise," but such usage is misleading and inaccurate. There are at least three major meanings of the word "capitalism." First, aristocratic capitalism is where the laws treat those with high levels of capital differently than those without. In the U.S. […]
- The Major Challenge of Modernity: The Social Leader Daily Sent Thursday, May 24, 2012 Email #333 Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille The Major Challenge of Modernity Gideon Rose, the editor of Foreign Affairs, recently wrote that the troubles of modern society "are real, but not ideological: they relate more to politics than to principles. The postwar order of mutually supporting liberal democracies with mixed economies solved the central challenge of modernity, reconciling democracy and capitalism." This was […]
- The Fall of the Republican Party: The Social Leader Daily Sent Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Email #332 Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille The Fall of the Republican Party The Economist recently pointed out that the future of the Republican Party is doomed unless a fundamental change occurs. By 2039 the number of Latinos in the United States is expected to double, yet today a Republican candidate cannot get elected in many places (including the U.S. presidency) without believing "that the 12m illegal immigrants, […]
- Reserve Currency: The Social Leader Daily Sent Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Email #331 Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille Reserve Currency If the U.S. dollar stops being the global reserve currency, those holding dollars (including in Europe, China, Japan and the middle-eastern oil states) will sell them off to cut their losses, and the U.S. will no longer be able to print whatever we need to pay the interest on our debts (because such payments cannot be made in a non-reserve currency). The dollar […]
- Will it be News?: The Social Leader Daily Sent Monday, May 21, 2012 Email #330 Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille Will it be News? The big news of 2008 was the beginning of the Great Recession. The big news of 2009 was the advent of the historic new Obama Administration. The big news of 2010 was passage of the Health Care Law. The big news of 2011 was the downgrading of the U.S.'s credit rating. The big news of 2012 may be inflation--rising prices across the board. The big news of 2013 […]
- Courage to Try: The Social Leader Daily Sent Friday, May 18, 2012 Email #329 Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille Courage to Try I was afraid to step out of my own little tribe, my own little narrow circle. I was afraid to take the risk of stepping into anything unknown. And most importantly, I was afraid that I just couldn't make any difference anyway. -Joseph Jaworski I think this quote just about sums up modern citizenship. I've felt this way. Everyone I've discussed it with feels […]
- 2 Types of Freedom: The Social Leader Daily Sent Thursday, May 17, 2012 Email #328 Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille 2 Types of Freedom Throughout history there are two types of freedom. One is a desire for independence from rules, and the other is a desire for the freedom to do good things in the world. They may seem similar, but in practice they cause drastically different results. […]
- Federal Dominance and Personal Wealth: Social Leader Daily Sent Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Email #327 Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille Federal Dominance and Personal Wealth Tocqueville wrote of the United States, I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken stronger hold on the affections of men and where a profounder contempt is expressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. Early Americans believed in the American Dream of everyone having the opportunity to earn and […]
- Solutions, Not Problems: Social Leader Daily Sent Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Email #326 Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille Solutions, not Problems We have been taught in the modern Western world to focus on problems so we can find solutions. A more effective approach is to focus on opportunities so we can turn challenges into progress. Whether or not Washington ever adopts this model, the people in America need to take it seriously. When you hear of the latest crisis in Washington, the […]
- Bucky's Way: The Social Leader Daily Sent Monday, May 14, 2012 Email #325 Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille Bucky's Way Buckminster Fuller may have started the self-help, PMA (positive mental attitude), and business consulting industries, and he is the mentor of many modern management and leadership gurus. He doesn't get the full credit for all he did because almost everything he wrote was extremely deep and, frankly, difficult to understand. But he understood how to solve […]