Why Capitalists Hate Free Trade
Patents, Intellectual Property Rights and their role in keeping rich countries rich. What Prout has to say on the matter.
May 27, 2018
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These articles represent a PROUT analysis of important current issues, written by PROUT activists
A Ticking Time Bomb: Proxy Wars and the Tragedy of the Kurds
While nuclear war with North Korea may sound scary, the conflict in the Middle East is a far more serious problem for the world. We look at the unique position of the Kurds and their role in the turmoil.
March 27, 2018
Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts and More Tax Cuts: Fooling Most of the People Most of the Time
Cutting taxes is a common promise for politicians the world over to gain popularity and get more votes, but who really benefits? T. Shanks explores the topic.
January 27, 2018
Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar: Stand Up for the Plight of the Rohingya
Just like a holocaust denier, Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar and once Nobel Peace Prize Laureate has closed her eyes to the genocide that has taken place under her rule. We look at the status of the Rohingya people and call for support for their struggle.
December 27, 2017
On Catalonia and Samaj Movements
Tyler Shanks looks at the political position of Catalonia in the context of the European Union and how its fight for independence relates to the Proutist concept of Samaj.
November 27, 2017
North Korea – Nuclear War and Self Sufficient Economies
A brief look at the economic structure of North Korea and how this is impacting its position in the world, from a Prout perspective.
October 27, 2017
Forget Peak Oil-Think Instead About Peak Everything
The world is heading for an “ecological credit crunch” far worse than the recent financial crisis. We humans are over-using the natural resources of the planet.
Read an eye-opening excerpt from Roar Bjonne’s Growing a New Economy.
October 13, 2017
Rethinking Green Economics: Beyond the Triple Bottom Line (TBL)
Since the conception of the phrase ‘People, Planet, Profit’ in the mid 1990s, many private companies and multinational corporations pride themselves on adhering to TBL tenets.
In this extract from Roar Bjonne’s book, Growing a New Economy, he questions how effective it can be while we still operate within a capitalist system.
September 28, 2017
Charlottesville – Double Standards and Hypocrisy in Media Reporting
Trump’s response to the death of Heather Heyer in the ‘Unite the Right’ Rally in 2017 triggered uproar from the media regarding his double standards when dealing with violence within different social and ethnic groups. But how far does the awareness of these disparities stretch? T. Shanks takes a look.
September 27, 2017