Wednesdays 12noon-2pm at the School of Economic Science, 11-13 Mandeville Place, W1U 3AJ. From Bond Street tube, turn left/west into Oxford Street, when you see GAP, go right/north along James Street straight into Mandeville Place – No. 11 is the building with pillars last on the left.

‘MATTERS IN THE AIR’ which participants could choose to develop…..

1. IMMEDIATE SUPPORT FOR ACTIVISTS

a] FURTHER REPORTS ON ‘QS2 AND ALLIED SEMINARS’

b]. Reporting the Putney Debates now running – Occupy http://www.facebook.com/OccupyLawUk
“New Economy” Putney debate this Friday: Friday 9th November 6pm to 8pm
St Mary’s Church Hall, Putney High Street, Putney SW15 1SN. Donations to cover the cost of the venue are welcome at the event Organised by the Critical Thinking project
http://thenewputneydebates.wordpress.com/programme with Clive Menzies and Janos Abel.
This two hour workshop examines flaws in the economic system, why it cannot be sustained and what an alternative system could look like. The foundations of the New Economy are: the means to life (water, food and housing) for all as a right; land and resources held in common and the benefits shared; alternative currencies to foster greater equality and societal cohesion.

c] Prem Sikka _ Bankers must be made to bear the cost of their reckless risk-taking” and the sub heading reads “Separating retail and investment banking is not enough. Speculative banking needs to have unlimited liability”. It is available at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/04/bankers-bear-cost-risk-taking

c] Reference to the Harrison book to pass on www.ethicaleconomics.org.uk – with dates for Spring conferences

2. EVIDENCE OF MOUNTING DANGERS and OPPORTUNITIES

a] MOTHER PELICAN -monthly news http://pelicanweb.org

b] Iceland recovering well after bankers jailed. http://current.com/blog/93947176_icelands-economy-recovering-well-after-bankers-jailed.htm?xid=342

3. AREAS FOR DEEPER INVESTIGATION

a] DEc 8th in Bristol – Developing a ‘critical mass’ capable of moving the political economy significantly – charting ‘a matrix of critical mass’ –

c] Name others you know

4. YOUR INPUT ON THE ‘MATTERS IN THE AIR’ YOU WISH TO SHARE

a] New Wilberforce Alliance – http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162939 – Paul Moore

b] Please let me know of any agencies we should invite into the alliance for significant change.

c] Mark Boyle: I’m just dropping you a quick note to let you know that my new book, The Moneyless Manifesto, is out today! There are a number of ways you can read it (I hope you enjoy it!): Get a paperback copy: http://amzn.to/SFRP6R
Read online for free: http://www.moneylessmanifesto.org/why-free/
Other sources from which to order it: http://www.moneylessmanifesto.org/get-a-copy/
For more info and/or to get involved: www.moneylessmanifesto.org
Share on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMoneylessManifesto
d] Seeking the vocabulary for human integrity – try some broken text…………..

WHENCE DO WE COME?

Where do you come from,
we ask each other
in our multi-cultural world?

Well, straight from my job,
back from my hols, just off the bus!!

But really, where do you come from?

Home I suppose, and thence,
say,
here on my mother’s side,
there by my father’s lineage;

but then from more distant places,
even far galactic origins,
and back, back until the past
is lit by star dust and
I’m descended from Big Bang.

Growing older I can see that
all before is part of me;
I bring my drop of star dust
to the now, and so to all
that still is yet to be.

Yours along the pilgrims’ costly way,
Peter

– THE THESIS IS SIMPLE:
Our present ways of knowing are imbalanced, which has skewed the economic system and reduced the commons of the ordinary world into commodities and money. Since all people have two brain hemispheres which process complementary views on the nature of reality as a whole and as a part, a foundation exists for economic knowledge that is both universal and pluralistic. The development of this theory of knowledge [epistemology] will reunite the economy with the commons [ontology]. .JBQ

ITS APPLICATION IS OUR TOUGH TASK
……. in which we must each respect each other’s contribution and starting point.