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Issue 4 Part 3

Contours of New Economic Theory
Effective economic theory must shift its basis from an inordinate reliance on financial and technological capital to recognition of the central role of Human Capital – individual and social – as the ultimate source and motive power of all wealth creation, welfare and well-being. ... Read more
Can we Finance the Energy Transition?*
We have a financial sector out of control, divorced from the real economy and incapable of providing the liquidity at the scale needed to address key sectors of the real economy ... Read more
The New Paradigm of Social Evolution: Modern Society between Hope and Tragedy
Social problems appear as contradictions. Eventually, the development of society is a result of resolving contradictions ... Read more
Book Review
There is virtually no futures education in schools and colleges. Far better education about Global Challenges is greatly needed ... Read more

Book Review
Michael Marien
 Get Full Text in PDF Two Cheers for the Millennium Project2013-14 State of the Future (17th Edition) Jerome C. Glenn* (Director, Millennium Project), Theodore J. Gordon (Senior Fellow, Millennium Project), and Elizabeth Florescu (Director of Research, Millennium Project). Washington: The Millennium Project, April 2014, 247p (6x9”), $39.95pb. PDF in English or Spanish, $29.95. www.themp.org... Read more
The New Paradigm of Social Evolution: Modern Society between Hope and Tragedy
Dimitar Tchurovsky
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract Social evolution is a continuation of biological evolution. The difference is the presence of mind, language and thinking. Therefore, society can be viewed as a living and rational system. The engine of social evolution is knowledge. Development of society is determined bilaterally by objective and subjective factors. Objective factors determine the form of... Read more
Can we Finance the Energy Transition?*
Ian Johnson
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract The energy sector is pivotal to our aspirations for a sustainable planet and yet two major challenges face policymakers worldwide. The first is to decide what set of technical choices provide the best solution to meet social, economic and environmental agendas; and the second is to decide how these choices can be financed. The bulk of new energy demand will... Read more
Contours of New Economic Theory
Garry Jacobs
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract The need for a paradigm change in economic thought has been well established, but the contours and fundamental characteristics of a new paradigm in economic theory are yet to be worked out. This article views this transition as an inevitable expression of the maturation of the social sciences into an integrated trans-disciplinary science of society founded on... Read more
Issue 4 Part 3
Book Review
Michael Marien
The New Paradigm of Social Evolution: Modern Society between Hope and Tragedy
Dimitar Tchurovsky
Can we Finance the Energy Transition?*
Ian Johnson
Contours of New Economic Theory
Garry Jacobs