Future of Finance · COP Anxiety: 26th Time’s A Charm? It’s all overwhelming really. Coming amidst the global pandemic that is far from over and a coup investigation in the…
Financial Reform · An Agenda for Genuine Financial Reform Photo by Angel Evangeline on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/lIYoJZwXy2U In this final act, Act IV of my booklet Finance for a…
Future of Finance · 2020: Inflection Point By now it is clear: 2020 represents a new phase in the monumental transformation of the human project. History will…
Future of Finance · A Multisystemic Response to Covid-19 “We can’t predict when, but given the continual emergence of new pathogens, the increasing risk of a bioterror attack, and…
Evergreen Direct Investing · Evergreen Direct Investing: A Two-Part Series Here in The Future of Finance, we previously
Carbon Bubble · The Big Choice – A $20 trillion “externality” appears to present civilization with its BIG CHOICE: economic destruction or ecological destruction, both with chilling…
Future of Finance · “We’re Done!” How’s that for a Purpose Statement? “We’re done.” With those words, Ed Stack, the CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods demonstrated what principled leadership looks like. No…
#GREENWISH · #Greenwish #GREENWISH Greetings, No doubt you have noticed my blog has gone on sabbatical. There are two reasons for this. First,…
Financial Crisis · An Open Letter to Finance Ten years have passed since the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank allowed Lehman Brothers to file for bankruptcy, attempting to signal…
Future of Finance · Judith Samuelson: Professor Lynn Stout, A Legacy The following excerpt was written by The Aspen Institute’s Judith Samuelson in memory of Lynn Stout, Distinguished Professor of Corporate…
Derivatives · The Character of Our Technology “We can’t influence the direction of technology, but we can influence its character,” says Kevin Kelly, founder of WIRED, in…
Estate Tax · Tax Reform: A Real Cohn Job It seems that Gary Cohn, a trader and former heir apparent at Goldman Sachs—a life-long Democrat, let’s recall—and Trump’s current…
Estate Tax · Fix (Don’t Flush) the Estate Tax “The external glitter of wealth conceals a corrupt political core that reflects the growing gap between the very few rich…
Future of Finance · From Paris to Drawdown Yes, it was a shameful poke in the world’s eye by the dangerously narcissistic, temporary occupant of the White House.…
Encyclical · March for Science — Really? How is it possible that in America, on the 47th anniversary of Earth Day, it was concluded that our situation…