Download or read book Wealth Whiteness and the Matrix of Privilege written by Jessica Holden Sherwood and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exclusive social clubs are traditionally an important site for the consolidation of upper-class power. Wealth, Whiteness, and the Matrix of Privilege shows that while the particulars of admission have changed, these clubs remain socially significant incubators. Having interviewed typically inaccessible members of exclusive clubs in the Northeast, Jessica Holden Sherwood reports and analyzes what they have to say about who is in, who is out, and why. The members talk frankly about their exclusiveness based on money and style, but they are quick to point out that ethnically-based exclusion is a thing of the past. Club members also address the status of their women members, which is at times distinctly second-class. The talk of country club members is shown to draw on elements in popular discourse. And even if it's not their intention, as club members exclude and account for their exclusion, they contribute to reproducing class, race, and gender inequalities.

Download or read book The Power Matrix written by Peter Hetherington and published by Pingora Press. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America seems divided as never before, segregated into political tribes with antithetical beliefs. But are these sides really that different? Does virtue lie at just one political extreme? On what are our political opinions and affiliations based? Is one side correct and the other wrong? Is the divide really a conflict between socialism and capitalism, and if so, what do these ideologies mean and how did they evolve? The Power Matrix attempts to answer these questions graphically using the simple assumption that everything in the universe is based on energy. This basic understanding allows one to construct graphs chronicling how different forms of complexity emerged. Human society is just another complex system that conforms to the laws of nature. Examining the origins and evolution of society allows us to see the modern world in context and explains why our current circumstances are so unique and fragile. Perhaps this perspective will make it easier for Americans and to discover that our friends, neighbors, and fellow citizens who disagree with us are not immoral or ignorant, and that maybe everyone has a unique perspective and something worthwhile to say.

Download or read book The Code of Capital written by Katharina Pistor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Capital is the defining feature of modern economies, yet most people have no idea where it actually comes from. What is it, exactly, that transforms mere wealth into an asset that automatically creates more wealth? The Code of Capital explains how capital is created behind closed doors in the offices of private attorneys, and why this little-known fact is one of the biggest reasons for the widening wealth gap between the holders of capital and everybody else. In this revealing book, Katharina Pistor argues that the law selectively "codes" certain assets, endowing them with the capacity to protect and produce private wealth. With the right legal coding, any object, claim, or idea can be turned into capital - and lawyers are the keepers of the code. Pistor describes how they pick and choose among different legal systems and legal devices for the ones that best serve their clients' needs, and how techniques that were first perfected centuries ago to code landholdings as capital are being used today to code stocks, bonds, ideas, and even expectations--assets that exist only in law. A powerful new way of thinking about one of the most pernicious problems of our time, The Code of Capital explores the different ways that debt, complex financial products, and other assets are coded to give financial advantage to their holders. This provocative book paints a troubling portrait of the pervasive global nature of the code, the people who shape it, and the governments that enforce it."--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Econophysics of Income and Wealth Distributions written by Bikas K. Chakrabarti and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distribution of wealth and income is never uniform, and philosophers and economists have tried for years to understand the reasons and formulate remedies for such inequalities. This book introduces the elegant and intriguing kinetic exchange models that physicists have developed to tackle these issues. This is the first monograph in econophysics focussed on the analyses and modelling of these distributions, and is ideal for physicists and economists. It is written in simple, lucid language, with plenty of illustrations and in-depth analyses, making it suitable for researchers new to this field as well as specialized readers. It explores the origin of economic inequality and examines the scientific steps that can be taken to reduce this inequality in the future.

Download or read book Australian Imperialism written by Erik Paul and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his critical study of Australian imperialism, Erik Paul analyses the making, character and contours of the geopolitical state from the time of the British invasion and colonisation to the present, expanding the country’s continental political and economic power. War is the crucible for its hegemonic power, nationalism, and politics. The book exposes and dissects capitalist imperialism to control and manage a growing population and to impose the grand strategy of a US client state. The geopolitics in the partitioning of the earth and the exploitation of people and the biosphere continue to create major conflict, inequality, and human suffering. Australia plays an important role in the intensification of the struggle among major powers and in the outcome of an expanding global ecological and hegemonic crisis. But the existing Australian state of exception constitutes a major obstacle to a reconciliation with China and to a peaceful regional and world order.

Download or read book It s Money written by Charles Moore and published by charles. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 1311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because most people and their countries seek wealth and power, and because money and credit are the biggest single influence on how wealth and power rise and decline, if one does not seek knowledge of how money works, one cannot understand the biggest driver of politics within and between countries; hence one cannot understand how the world order works. If one doesn’t understand how the world order works, one can’t understand the post-pandemic debt tsunami that’s coming. I believe that the times ahead will be radically different from the times we have experienced so far in our lifetimes. It is indeed quite astonishing that money, ever-present in our lives, is so poorly understood; even by many economic experts themselves. This incomprehension stems from the deliberate efforts of the financial sector to “obscure its activities” in order to maintain its omnipotence. This book seeks to address this “crisis of ignorance” by providing an easily understood and comprehensive understanding of money in the hope of empowering people against finance’s grip over their lives and those of their society. The digital revolution post-pandemic, will lead to a radical departure from the traditional model of monetary exchange. The creation of a Digital Financial Market Infrastructure will underpin the unbundling and re-bundling of the functions of money within society. Although digital money itself is not new to modern economies, digital legal tender (DLT), which exists without any Ledger or Central Bank, will facilitate instantaneous peer-to-peer transfers of value in a way that today is impossible. The importance of digital connectedness, will often supersede the importance of macroeconomic links, and lead to the establishment of “Digital Financial Markets” linking the currency to membership of a particular financial market rather than to a specific country. Capitalism underpins wealth generation and hence the existence of a free digital financial market. This book seeks to transform Money into a digital currency, which supports a more equitable access to capital, and ensure its convertibility into a universal World Currency Unit as digital legal tender. Digital currencies without borders may also cause an upheaval of the international monetary system: countries that are socially or digitally integrated with their neighbours may face digital dollarization, and the prevalence of systemically important platforms could lead to the emergence of digital currency areas that transcend national borders. Digital legal tender, within a multiplicity of currencies, ensures that money as a public good, remains a relevant medium of exchange which achieves payment finality to all transactions. Additionally, the universal supranational-currency, the World Currency Unit is defined to support the global transfer of value between any two people on the planet today, without the need for any treaties, or financial service intermediaries. Universal access to capital which is readily convertible to globally trusted units of account combined with a censorship-resistant means of payment underpins global trade, will improve market access for holders of low per-unit value, producers, and consumers in developing and developed countries. The Vision is a Borderless Global Market, underpinning universal wealth creation, which never closes… This book defines the Universe of Discourse(domain) and hence creates a shared conceptual schema (or language) within which to communicate and deploy a Digital Currency, to achieve universal legal finality to all financial transactions.

Download or read book Leaders and Leadership written by Lee Thayer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the West, and in America particularly, we have deep-seated beliefs in 1. Evolution the idea that all things are constantly evolving in the right direction; 2. Progress the idea that whatever is newer is better, whether it is a theory or a technological tool; and 3. Consensus the idea that the more people who adopt a new idea or a new fashion in clothes or cars, the greater the likelihood that they are right. So we go from a new fashion to the next new fashion. We believe that change is progress. And we have faith that the changes over which we have no control are taking us where we ought to be going since evolving is inevitable. These are beliefs that structure the core of our thoughts and our lives. These are beliefs that lead us to see the world as linear and literal. Most of the longest-running civilizations of the past native American Indian, for example were cyclical. Every generation was expected to reprise and replicate the preceding generation, with only minor changes in execution. Those people were for thousands of years truth-keepers, carefully guarding the truths that had been passed down to them from the past. By contrast, we are truth-seekers, forever inventing newer truths in order to render the existing ones obsolete. As a result, we look for the wisdom for living and for running our organizations in the most recent emanations from our gurus and experts. In doing so, we miss the wisdom of the ages. This book attempts to redress that fl aw in our thinking. Lee Thayer shows us in this book how to fi nd the wisdom that could make a real difference in our lives and our businesses. Few would be more qualifi ed to do so.

Download or read book Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories written by Philip N. Cooke and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, the study of regions is central to academic analysis and policy deliberation on how to respond to the rise of the knowledge economy. Regional Economies as Knowledge Laboratories illustrates how newer types of regional analysis - utilising scientometrics, knowledge services measures and university networks, and concepts such as knowledge life cycles, experimental knowledge creation, and knowledge ethics - are leading to a perception that regional economies increasingly resemble knowledge laboratories. In addition to these measures and concepts, the book features case studies and assessments of policies implemented to facilitate regional engagement with the knowledge economy, and a critique of 'knowledge economy' as ideology. The importance of maintaining a balanced perspective in assessing the depth and reach of the role of knowledge in the market economy is also examined. Aiming to contribute to the better understanding of theories and practices associated with knowledge regions, this book will appeal to a wide ranging audience, including regional and industrial economists, innovation scientists, academics and practitioners with an interest in knowledge and management organisation, regional scientists, economic geographers, and economic sociologists.

Download or read book Escaping the Matrices written by Conrad Riker and published by Conrad Riker. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you tired of being manipulated by a society that seems to favor one gender over another? Do you feel like the people in power have created a system that keeps you down while promoting others? You're not alone, and that's where this book comes in. If you're ready to take control of your life and break free from the control of societal expectations, ideals, and expectations, then this book is for you. With practical advice and expert insights, "Escaping the Matrices" provides a roadmap to help you understand the forces at work that are holding you back, and how to overcome them. Some of the key points you'll discover in this comprehensive guide include: - How to recognize and fight back against the feminist matrix that has replaced traditional family structures and gender roles. - The importance of understanding the historical and cultural context of modern progressivism in order to debunk its false teachings. - The essential skills and knowledge you need to succeed in the modern work environment. - The power of understanding human evolutionary biology and psychology to make better decisions and avoid the pitfalls of societal pressure. - Practical strategies for reclaiming your masculinity in a world that often seeks to suppress it. - The political and economic implications of left-wing ideologies such as Marxism, critical theories, gender studies, and more. - How to navigate relationships and personal life while staying true to your core values. - The steps you can take right now to take control of your life and achieve the success and happiness you deserve. Don't let society dictate who you are and what you can achieve. Take control of your future and unlock your full potential with the guidance and insights found in "Escaping the Matrices: How Knowledge and Understanding Will Empower Men in the Modern World." If you want to break free from the matrices, then buy this book today!

Download or read book The Class Matrix written by Vivek Chibber and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Class structure -- Class formation -- Consent, coercion, and resignation -- Agency, contingency, and all that -- How capitalism endures.

Download or read book Econophysics and Sociophysics written by Bikas K. Chakrabarti and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using tricks to handle coupled nonlinear dynamical many-body systems, several advancements have already been made in understanding the behavior of markets/economic/social systems and their dynamics. The book intends to provide the reader with updated reviews on such major developments in both econophysics and sociophysics, by leading experts in the respective fields. This is the first book providing a panoramic view of these developments in the last decade.

Download or read book The Power of the 2 x 2 Matrix written by Alex Lowy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By studying the work of hundreds of the most original and effective business minds, the authors present a common architecture that illuminates exceptional analysis and creative performance. 2 x 2 Thinking is characterized by a fundamental appreciation for the dynamic and complex nature of business. The best strategists go out of their way to tackle dilemmas rather than merely solve problems. They use opposition, creative tension, iteration and transcendence to get to the heart of issues and involve critical others in finding the best solutions. The authors demonstrate how to apply the 2 x 2 approach to a wide range of important business challenges.

Download or read book The Human Environment written by Valentin Matcas and published by Valentin Leonard Matcas. This book was released on with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are born in this world believing everything to be accurate, reliable, and unique, just as you learn in school, and then as you grow up, this world shows itself in its true meaning. Parents have secrets at home and politicians lie and cheat throughout the media, while these might be the first inconsistencies that you notice in your perfect world. The rich become richer not exactly through their true abilities, but through their lies and illegalities, and this might be the first injustice that you ever notice in this world. Authorities replace authorities endlessly only to do the same, this harms you throughout life while authorities never admit it, yet you can see it well, everybody knows it, and this is your true, actual environment. But can you pinpoint exactly what goes on in this world and what goes wrong in your environment? Because lies, inconsistencies, and illegalities are everywhere, and there is nothing significant enough offering you an accurate point of reference, an accurate perspective defining this altering environment, helping you understand this world as it is. Because the knowledge found at the base of your understanding of this world is missing, as it is erroneous, or it is misleading on purpose, since this is how authorities strive to offer it to you. This alters your reasoning now, and consequently, it alters your inner, outer, and social behavior. Coincidentally, your entire behavior is altered in this manner, determining you now to be part of these lies and illegalities yourself, directly or implicitly, determining you to create in this manner on your own this Consensual Matrix found all around, affecting and harming everybody, just as everybody’s altered behavior creates the same Consensual Matrix affecting you and the entire world. Because the rich and the politicians never force you in any manner, but they only expect and accept your behavior to fall in this exact consensual pattern, coincidentally having all favorable outcomes turn in their favor. Because this enforced consensual environment that you create through your consensual behavior might be unfavorable and harmful to you and to those around, but it is certainly profitable for those controlling this world. Because you must consider all environments when you study this world, as your natural, consensual, constructed, social, inner, cognitive, informational, higher, and spiritual human environments, forming your actual world. This defines your surroundings, it patterns your behavior and it gives meanings to your existence, it gives you a place and role in society and it challenges your existence, it constrains you to act and develop, to help and harm those around, it is there when you are born, and it always kills you in the end. And if you fail understanding your real and consensual environments for what they truly are, you end up missing a significant part of your existence, of what life truly represents to you and to everyone around, of what you should have always experienced, and of what you should have always been. Throughout this book, we study the human environment in its entirety, natural, social, cognitive, spiritual, and consensual, since only through an accurate research of your entire environment you may find the accurate knowledge helping you structure and define your meaning and place in life and in this world.

Download or read book Power of the Priests written by Sabine Kubisch and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion plays a central role in nearly every aspect in people's life of most pre-modern cultures. Especially the interconnection between religion and politics is a common fact but the details of this relation and interacting processes behind this are not substantially studied. Therefore, this volume does not aim to confirm the linkage of religion and politics in general but to investigate its functionalities in political processes. A focus is placed on the political role of religious personnel beyond their religious and cultic tasks and their influence in pre-modern societies from a cross-cultural perspective. Specialists from various disciplines present their research based on case studies. Thereby this interdisciplinary volume covers a wide geographical and chronological range from ancient Egypt in the Bronze Age until medieval England. These papers are organised according to core functions questioning the instrumentalisation of religious personnel.

Download or read book The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti Imperialism written by Immanuel Ness and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 1443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palgrave Encyclopedia Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism objectively presents the prominent themes, epochal events, theoretical explanations, and historical accounts of imperialism from 1776 to the present. It is the most historically and academically comprehensive examination of the subject to date.

Download or read book A Ten Part Book to Maximizing Your Potential written by Danny Ray Christian and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two things you should know about this book are the fact that if you have ever wanted an answer to breaking out of your poverty, low self-esteem, or addiction, you will find it here. I have drawn on my experience of spending many years dealing with these issues for solutions as to how they can be successfully conquered. I am a living testimony that where the mind and spirit leads, the body will follow, and that we can always do better than we know. Secondly, when I decided to publish this book, I made up my mind that I wasn't going to try and sell it to anyone who isn't tired of being "sick and tired" and who hasn't reached the point that they can't go on doing the same old thing, expecting different results. I know that when people get sick enough of meeting with failure and disappointment you won't have to go looking for them with a cure; they will come looking for you. I am convinced that as bad as things are for many of us that our suffering is working to drive us to God and the solutions He has enabled concerned people to develop. This book is for those who want to do something different than they have always done to get something different than they have always had. It may hurt the sale of this book, but I don't encourage you to buy it if you are not ready to do some serious work on the problem areas of your life and are tired of making excuses for your life not getting better if you are not doing anything to make it better. This book is not for your shelf; it is to be used in fixing anything broken in your life, mind, or spirit.

Download or read book The Archive Incarnate written by Joseph Hurtgen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in an information economy, a vast archive of data ever at our fingertips. In the pages of science fiction, powerful entities--governments and corporations--attempt to use this archive to control society, enforce conformity or turn citizens into passive consumers. Opposing them are protagonists fighting to liberate the collective mind from those who would enforce top-down control. Archival technology and its depictions in science fiction have developed dramatically since the 1950s. Ray Bradbury discusses archives in terms of books and television media, and Margaret Atwood in terms of magazines and journaling. William Gibson focused on technofuturistic cyberspace and brain-to-computer prosthetics, Bruce Sterling on genetics and society as an archive of social practices. Neal Stephenson has imagined post-cyberpunk matrix space and interactive primers. As the archive is altered, so are the humans that interact with ever-advancing technology.