Good book to read - Mindful Economics by Joel Magnuson

[kgnu_fan]

Just discovered a wonderful book on economy 101 - Mindful Economics by Joel Magnuson. Brilliant. I recommend this book to all DUers! I like Magnuson's approach much better than Krugman's because Magnuson is not afraid of looking at capitalism with true conscience.

Interview - Joel Magnuson - Mindful Economics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F0kUWZ5W0k

The Obama stimulus plan - economic analysis: Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypvXWUHtBWc&feature=related

The Obama stimulus plan - economic analysis: Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRdrklecY94&NR=1

FYI: Mindful Economics - How The U.S Economy Works, Why It Matters, and How It Could Be Different.
Joel Magnuson. Seven Stories (www.sevenstories.com)

[Bigmack]

1. Another Great Read Is

David C. Korten's Agenda for a New Economy: Why Wall Street Can't be Fixed and How to Replace It. He's also written The Post-Corporate World, and, When Corporations Rule the World

[kgnu_fan]

2. Yes, so much to learn about the whole system

comprehensively, and issues rest not only on corporations.... our consumption patterns, our transportation, our choices of housing, food, entertainment ...

Contents
1. Economic Systems
Institutions
Basic Economic Processes: Production, Distribution, and Consumption
Capitalism
Socialism and Pluralism

2. The Cash Nexus: Households, Corporations and the Market System
The Market System
Households
Businesses
The Corporation
The History of the Corporation is the History of Capitalism

3. Conflict in the Cash Nexus: Labor Unions and Business Associations
The Myth of Laissez Faire
Monopolies, Trusts, and Business Associations
Popular Opposition
Business Associations
Labor Unions

etc, etc