Marcia Pally
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The economy’s up: Why many Americans are down
Check out this informative piece on rising income and wealth inequality even as the economy is supposedly booming. Click here
What Climate Change Denial Means for Those Who Deny It
Great reportage–talking to Americans who suffer from the effects of climate change but believe it isn’t happening. Click here
Perception and the Platypus–you ain’t “seen” nothing yet
check this out, on learning to see the world that’s in front of us: click here
Social media as religion – unexamined desire and (mis-in)formation
“Social media is the most prevalent religion of our time. Like other faiths, it forms us.” Check out this blog. Click here
A Crisis for democracy and a boon for populism
One danger to democracy: disconnecting democratic procedures from their purposes. We think democracy remains because the surface trappings do, but the essentials may be lost. Click here
Counterpoint: Conducting Edward Said’s “And Also”
Something smart and new: bringing Ed Said and Daniel Barenboim’s ideas about entwined lines of music to solving pressing economic and political problems. Click here
The Time of Loneliness
Check out this thoughtful blog on our sped-up living and it’s not so “side” effects. Click here
$2 trillion in tax cuts to the top 1% and other aspects of income inequality
Check out this research (click here) and this chart (click here) to see how middle class incomes rose more than the incomes of the rich before 1980 and how the rich and super-rich now get staggeringly more.
Commonwealth & Covenant book selected by U.N.
Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics, Politics, and Theologies of Relationality, my 2016 book, has been selected by the United Nations program, Education for Justice, “a key component of the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration,” to be distributed in their materials to “educators, academics, policy-makers, parents, students, teacher training institutes, and curriculum developers throughout … Continue reading
Redeeming Populism: The Promise of a Liberal Covenanted Republic
Have a look at my piece on how populism works overall and how it plays out in the US. Click here
How is covenant a basis for public policy?
Have a look at my chapter in Religion and Democracy on making covenant and the common good the guide to economic and political policies. Click here or type into your browser: https://marciapally.com/more-than-a-resource-covenant-as-a-basis-for-societal-organization/ Religion and Democracy image
Adam Smith: What he really said about economics
The so-called guru of greed was far more concerned about big business and its capture of government than about big government. Click here
Martin Luther King Jr articles–special Telos edition
check out the new Telos journal on Martin Luther King, featuring top-drawer articles by activists and scholars. Sensational compilation. For an overview, click here. To purchase a copy, click here.
Top 42 people have same wealth at 3.7 billion at the bottom
82% of the global wealth generated in 2017 went to the most wealthy 1%. Check out the global report, click here
Remarkable uplifting moments of 2017–it will surprise you
Check out these remarkable moments from Obama’s 2017 year-end overview. Click here
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New Release: Commonwealth and Covenant: Economics, Politics, and Theologies of Relationality
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