What’s a mobster to do? The corporate world is taking over all their ventures. In its desperate search for economic …
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Compromising Futures: Half-a-Loaf Is Better Than Nothing
Let’s explore the role of compromise in futures work, which is especially relevant given our current focus on After …
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Imagining After Capitalism with the Foreign Policy Association
Talked "Imagining After Capitalism" with the Great Decisions Group that is part of the Foreign Policy Association on …
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AI: Average Intelligence or Augmented Intelligence?
In After Capitalism, we’ve talked about the pivotal role of technology in moving toward the three images. Technology is …
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Talking After Capitalism
Looking forward talking After Capitalism on Monday with a Great Decisions Group that is part of the Foreign Policy …
Three Guiding Images of After Capitalism
Three major themes came through as central to images of After Capitalism: environmental; social and political; and …
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Video of Imagining After Capitalism Book Launch
The University of Houston Foresight Activation Lab hosted an hour-long book launch in which I shared some insights, a …
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Peak Capitalism? Values Shifts and Capitalism
Values shifts are central to the long-term transformation to After Capitalism. A year ago I asked readers to rate which …
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We Live in an Economy, Not a Society
Bizarre when you think about it. The means have become the end. Instead of the economy being a tool for a healthy …
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Book Launch: Imagining After Capitalism
Join us on Thursday February 20th at 12 pm CST for an exciting virtual gathering to celebrate the release of this …
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After Capitalism: Designing Economic Futures Podcast
I recently spent 40 minutes talking with futurist and economist Vinny Tafuro about Imagining After Capitalism. He just …
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Don’t Take a Position on Signals of Change
We don’t need to say this or that will happen in the future (we’ll leave that to the predictors and soothsayers). When …
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Capitalism Out of Synch with Shifting Values
The advent of the Industrial Revolution launched modern values and solidified capitalism as the dominant economic …
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Degrowth Approaching the Mainstream?
Not exactly, but there are signs on the path to After Capitalism. Back in 2018 I posted Degrowth: A Growing Issue in the …
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It’s Really Hard to Get Out of the Current System Straitjacket
In After Capitalism, we acknowledge and do not under-estimate how clever the current system is at saving itself. Reform …
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Where Are After Capitalism Ideas Coming From?
Short answer: everywhere. Honest answer: the ideas are still a blip in the daily discourse. We need to be honest with …
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Imagining After Capitalism Podcast
Join Andy Hines on the latest episode of the New Books Network podcast as he delves into the future, economics, and …
Capitalism: Resurgence or Beginning of the End?
Or both? Populism is in full force and [mostly] promising a return to the good old days of market capitalism, sans …
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After Capitalism: What the Signals Are Saying Q4 2024
Here is the final installment of the quarterly check-in for 2024 on what the signals are saying regarding After …
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More Preferred Futures?
I think we're seeing a shift in client demand "back" to preferred futures. And dare I say visioning. I did a piece a …
Lets Get Loopy
A few months ago I shared some research that explored pathways to transformation and asked y’all to speculate on whether …
From Economy to Society: Polanyi’s Great Transformation
Some history today … for those of who haven’t clicked away yet, thanks 😊 Good futures work is all about …
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Imagining After Capitalism Book Video
I put together a short video summary of the essential info about Imagining After Capitalism including (1) why I wrote it …
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Imagining After Capitalism Launching
E-Book Now Available [limited] & Paperback Launching February 10, 2025. It took over a decade, but perhaps …
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The Election and After Capitalism
Thinking about what the election results mean for After Capitalism (plz, no current politics … important, but not here). …
Working Within or Without the System?
I think we have to check in with ourselves now and then on this question. The first thing we have to do is check our …
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Mapping Archetypes and After Capitalism
More from our “Mapping Archetype Scenarios Across the Three Horizons” research. Today, we look at how to apply it. …
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Futurists Carrying the Fire
There is no doubt that the work of the futurist can be frustrating. We see opportunities or threats ahead but our advice …
Personalization and the Tub of Goo
The tub of goo refers to the scene in The Matrix when they pull Neo out of the pod. For those who haven’t watched the …
After Capitalism: What the Signals are Saying Q2 2024
Here is the second installment of a quarterly check-in on what the signals are saying regarding After Capitalism. (See …
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