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Thematic Readings 1: Time to Rethink


Time to RETHINK.
  • Who are the achievers?
  • Who are the models to emulate?
  • What are the criteria of success?
  • Are our business and management schools continuing to use resources which are outdated?
  • Is more and more economic growth our solution?

Many of us think that this industry or that, this industry leader or that are models of achievement, organisations or individuals to be emulated. Are they really?  We really need to THINK AGAIN.

Revelations and analyses -- such as corporate subsidies and tax evasion -- have shown a very different picture. Have a look at the articles below -- a selection of critical readings curated from popular media. SHARE if you find these articles useful or relevant.

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New UN report finds almost no industry profitable if environmental costs were included
http://www.exposingtruth.com/new-un-report-finds-almost-no-industry-profitable-if-environmental-costs-were-included/

None of the world’s top industries would be profitable if they paid for the natural capital they use
http://grist.org/business-technology/none-of-the-worlds-top-industries-would-be-profitable-if-they-paid-for-the-natural-capital-they-use/

Fossil fuels subsidised by $10m a minute, says IMF
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/18/fossil-fuel-companies-getting-10m-a-minute-in-subsidies-says-imf

Global Subsidies Initiative: Effects of Subsidies
https://www.iisd.org/gsi/effects-subsidies

The Steep Cost of Tax Dodging
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35679-the-steep-cost-of-tax-dodging

Ed Miliband: Panama Papers show that wealth doesn’t trickle down. It gets stashed
http://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/apr/17/ed-miliband-panama-papers?CMP=share_btn_fb

Global inequality may be much worse than we think
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/apr/08/global-inequality-may-be-much-worse-than-we-think?CMP

Just 10 % Of World Military Spending Would Wipe Out Global Poverty
http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/NewsDetail/index/6/7440/Just-10--Of--World-Military-Spending-Would-Wipe-Out-Global-Poverty

Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/15/neoliberalism-ideology-problem-george-monbiot

A conversation with Noam Chomsky on organizing for a next system
http://thenextsystem.org/conversation_with_noam_chomsky/

What Comes After Capitalism? Upcoming Teach-Ins Can Show a Way Forward
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35726-what-comes-after-capitalism-upcoming-teach-ins-can-show-a-way-forward

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This site promotes the orientation, activities, resources and projects of the Centre for the Study of Sustainable Futures and Spirituality (GCSSFS). The Centre is supported in the area of content generation, project execution, design and general administration by Public Media Agency (PMA),  Petaling Jaya, Malaysia under the direct care of one of their creative consultants, Dr. M. Nadarajah (Nat). Nat works as consultant on different projects.  He supports PMA on its various projects supporting social causes. Nat is presently engaged with Xavier University@Bhubaneshwar, India, with it School of Sustainability. He works with Loyola College@Chennai, India on issues related sustainability and spirituality. He is associated with the Centre for Diaspora Studies@MSU, Tirunelveli, India. He continues to support Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), which is based in Penang, Malaysia, as consultant on a project to set up a 'blended' institution, International People's Agroecology Multiversity (IPAM), to promote agroecology across Asia and the Pacific. He is also a member of the Asian Public Intellectual (API)  community.

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