May 2010

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The Descent Of Power: An Interpretation of the Global Economic Crisis Pt III

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May 12, 2010

Now, in the 1990s something else came into being that sped this process along even further. And this was more like warp speed, a sudden acceleration into the future….

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The Descent Of Power: An Interpretation of the Global Economic Crisis Pt II

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May 6, 2010

In anthropology there is a concept known as historic fatality. What this means is that occasionally there emerges a certain idea, a certain way of doing things that is…

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The Descent of Power: An Interpretation of the Global Economic Crisis Pt I

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May 3, 2010

The following is an amalgamation of two talks I gave recently: the first at the Emirates Festival of Literature in Dubai, and the second at the American Chamber of…