Marie Vlachova Libri

Expanded and updated, Charles Eisenstein's classic treatise on capitalism, currency, and the gift economy. This revised version traces the history of money, from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, and includes new material on cryptocurrencies and emerging research that has come out since the book's original publication. Charles Eisenstein shows how capitalism contributes to alienation, competition, and scarcity; destroys community; and necessitates endless growth at the cost of social and environmental devastation. Today, these trends have reached their extreme--and their collapse presents a golden opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being. Eisenstein describes the deeper narratives beneath our economic system, and how we can reimagine it to align with a new story. Applying a broadly integrated synthesis of theory, policy, and practice, he explores avant-garde concepts of the New Economics, including negative-interest currencies, local economies, gift economics, cryptocurrencies, and the restoration of the commons. Tapping into a rich lineage of conventional and unconventional economic thought, Eisenstein presents a vision that is original yet commonsense, radical yet gentle, and increasingly relevant as the crises of our civilization deepen.

Most parenting guides focus on how to control children, asking, "How can we get kids to do what they're told?" In contrast, a respected educator begins by exploring what children truly need and how to meet those needs. Central to this approach is the idea that all children require unconditional love and acceptance, regardless of their mistakes or shortcomings. Conventional parenting methods, such as punishments and rewards, often convey the opposite message: that love is conditional on pleasing us. The author cites significant research illustrating the harm caused by leading children to believe they must earn approval, highlighting the unintended consequences of common discipline techniques. This book goes beyond typical discussions of discipline, encouraging parents to reflect on their beliefs and behaviors. It challenges them to reconsider their assumptions about raising children while providing practical strategies for transitioning from a "doing to" approach to a "working with" mindset. This includes replacing praise with the unconditional support essential for children's development into caring, responsible individuals. Ultimately, this eye-opening work reconnects readers with their instincts and inspires them to become more effective and compassionate parents.

In 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American and global institutions were in a state of decay, as the state was captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose economic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatens to destabilise the entire international order. These populist nationalists seek direct charismatic connection to 'the people', who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole.The demands of identity direct much of what is going on in world politics today. The universal recognition on which liberal democracy is based has been increasingly challenged by restrictive forms of recognition based on nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, or gender, which have resulted in anti-immigrant populism, the upsurge of politicised Islam, the fractious environment of many college campuses, and the hideous emergence of white nationalism.Identity is an urgent and necessary book: a sharp warning that unless we forge a universal understanding of human dignity, we will doom ourselves to continual conflict.