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Nov 15, 2021Liked by Ben Tumin

And how skipped is this? I know I got my copy at an airport, must've been on the way home. On top of my reading stack now, already 6 yrs old.

https://catholicclimatecovenant.org/encyclical

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Nov 13, 2021Liked by Ben Tumin

Lots bad to share but when do we hear solutions? Add these to your skipped stew pot pantry (spicy servings so far!), knowing I've missed a lot that's pretty much it from my end. ###

donuts fresh from 2013, Kate Raworth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHB2vkrhThc

the baker likes Lakoff

https://fivebooks.com/best-books/rethinking-economics/

other skipped nibbles? i bet not household names

Chuck Marohn, Strong Towns, particularly rich

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2015/12/4/best-of-blog-can-you-be-an-engineer-and-speak-out-for-reform?rq=engineer

James Kwak

links to book, CH 1 -4 here,

https://prospect.org/politics/take-back-our-party-restoring-the-democratic-legacy/

especially action brainstorming

https://prospect.org/takebackourparty/chapter-4-our-democratic-party/

board games!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1948889736/the-nano9games-railways-city-planner-and-empire?ref=discovery&term=nano9games

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/jacobin-board-game-class-war-socialism

back to copyright intent: sharing thoughts not litigating possession?

https://creativecommons.org/

participatory democracy: budgeting, policy, planning, more. born in Brazil 30 yrs ago, birthed in US too then abusive death?

https://www.peoplepowered.org/about/about-participatory-democracy

morality and democracy begin at home

https://www.cityethics.org/publications/LGEP-Nutshell

https://www.peoplepowered.org/about/about-participatory-democracy

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Nov 8, 2021Liked by Ben Tumin

Catching up with your videos. Had to check Brown U. Wasn't familiar with the Political Theory Project but I do follow the Costs of War Project at the Watson Institute there, not nearly similar :-)

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You got me wondering how many times Joe Biden has used the term 'common good'. No answer from a quick search but I came on this internal consistency head scratcher White House//FACT SHEET. Separating church from state through a White House Office for Faith Based . . . Partnerships? KNOWING doesn't mean doing, and CIVIL is not religious. (Nor in an international forum is CIVIL bullying.) And named groups aren't special interests? Don't think of an elephant :-)

"As our country grapples with a global pandemic, a severe economic downturn, the scourge of systemic racism, an escalating climate crisis and profound polarization, President Biden knows that civil society partnerships are essential to meeting such challenges."

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-reestablishes-the-white-house-office-of-faith-based-and-neighborhood-partnerships/

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