Ferris' new book — Broken Capitalism: This Is How We Fix It — is now available!
From the back cover: "Humanity Is In Trouble. When the 10 largest corporations on Earth have more combined economic power than 92% of all countries on Earth combined, the 50 largest financial corporations control wealth equal to 90% of Earth's GDP, the richest 1% of humans have more wealth than 99% of the world combined, and the eight richest humans have more wealth than the bottom 50% of Earth's entire population combined . . . it's safe to say humanity is in trouble. . . ."
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Ferris' Articles
My articles and books cover economics, nonpartisan geopolitical systems and diplomacy, artificial intelligence, science and technology, applied philosophy, business and political leadership, among other topics.
Justice, Power & Wisdom
We All Lose from Systemic Injustice. I have a good friend who is a founder of a multibillion-dollar company who ...
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Has Globalism Worked for Indonesia?
Is Indonesia’s free trade policy today achieving broadly shared prosperity? If it is, then we should see economic and human ...
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The Virus That Spawns the Disease of Terrorism
What International Relations framework is most capable of dealing with global terrorism in the 21st Century and beyond? This is ...
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What’s Really Wrong with the Banking System?
Many people have a vague sense that the financial system is broken and corrupt, but they often don’t know how ...
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The Switzerland of South America: “Freedom or Death”
“Freedom or death” is Uruguay’s national motto. Those three words give us meaningful insight into Uruguay’s national psyche, its cultural ...
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The Mechanics of a Global Wealth Transfer
Economic Models Collapse in the Real World. Economic liberalism is a theoretical economic framework that many academics and political and ...
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Transnational Economic Cannibals
The Genesis of Today’s Global Economy. When the international trade regime (GATT, WTO, NAFTA, etc.) that dominates the world today ...
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The Rise of Nuclear Trump
Americans Have a Choice Between Two Insane Options. They are forced to choose between an insane foreign policy and an insane nuclear ...
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Why Aren’t There More Women in Politics?
The Nature vs. Nurture False Dichotomy. It requires a kind of religious zealotry or willful blindness to believe that biology ...
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Warning: Risk of Death to Your Economy
Dangerous Products Should Have Warning Labels. Products that come with plastic bags that can suffocate and kill children have warning ...
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Comparing the Quality of German & U.S. Governments
Why is Government Quality So Important? The quality of a country’s governance is the most significant factor that determines the ...
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Is Capitalism Undemocratic?
Like most aspects of life, the true nature of Capitalism and its impact on humanity can only be understood as ...
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The Twin Tyrannies of the United Nations
There are two fundamental problems with the United Nations: representation and cost allocation. The problems can be summarized as follows: ...
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China’s IMF Victory: A 1,400-Year Journey
The Inventor of Fiat Money Finally Joins the Global Fiat Money Cartel. The Chinese currency (Yuan) has finally joined the ...
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Democracy Building for Dummies
Until and unless the U.S. Congress and White House provide a more functional model of Democracy for other countries to ...
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Unknown Truth or Untrue Conspiracy?
Why is Truth Often Disregarded as a Conspiracy Theory? This is an important question because a society that can’t distinguish ...
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The Mind of a Corrupt Organization
In “Unknown Truth or Untrue Conspiracy?” and “Is Institutional Corruption Only a Conspiracy Theory?” we learned about some of the ...
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Is Institutional Corruption Only a Conspiracy Theory?
This article is intended as a map to hundreds of documented sources of government and corporate corruption and malfeasance. From ...
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The Fall of Hard Power
The Biggest Mistake of the 20th Century. “If we can’t persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our ...
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The Systemic Illusion of American Democracy
Why is the U.S. Political System Dominated by Two Political Parties? This is the first logical question that every American ...
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Distortions in the Incentivesphere Destroy Nations
Spheres of Reality. The composition of this world can be analyzed and defined in many ways. There is the sphere ...
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Small Government Reduces the Impact of Corruption
Entry Points Into Our Lives. The politically-driven expansion of the federal government is what enables special interest distortions to penetrate ...
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The Real Power of the Mind-Body Connection
Most adults understand the mind has a powerful impact on how the body responds to events in our lives. However, I still meet ...
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How Does the Federal Reserve Really Work?
A Rational Discussion About the Federal Reserve System. Any rational discussion about the U.S. Federal Reserve should begin by acknowledging ...
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What Caused the Great Depression? (Part 3)
Americans Are Sentenced to Generational Debtor’s Prison. As we learned in Part 1 and Part 2 of this “What Caused the Great Depression?” series, ...
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What Caused the Great Depression? (Part 2)
Too Much Debt. The total private debt-to-GDP ratio in the United States was nearly 300% by the time the Great Depression started ...
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What Caused the Great Depression? (Part 1)
Bad Diagnosis Leads to Bad Solutions. This is the most important question that any person can ask if they want ...
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Political Redemption & Reconciliation
No Demonizing. I have met numerous members of Congress and many unelected federal officials who I sincerely believe are thoughtful, passionate public ...
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Corruption & The Path to Political Purgatory
Syndrome of Distortions. With the exception of economically destructive natural disasters, every financial or political crisis is caused by either a ...
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Beware of the Congressional Experience Myth
“Is experience in Congress required to be a good congressional representative?” This question is rooted in a common misconception perpetuated ...
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A Sorrowful Political Party Prison
Rise of the Political Party Machines. The two-party political system in the United States has not always existed. The U.S. Constitution ...
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Exploiting Sick Americans to Subsidize Foreign Wars is Bad Policy
The CIA, Crack Cocaine, and the Sabotage of Nicaragua. During the 1980s the White House and several influential members of ...
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The Paradox of Campaign Finance Reform
How Do You Take Away a Citizen’s Rights Without Violating Their Rights? Trying to compel the U.S. Supreme Court to ...
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Debunking the Collapsing Gulf Stream Theory
Introduction to The Gulf Stream Collapse Theory. Since the late 1980s, there has been interesting research (and here and here) into the ...
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The Solution to the Climate Change Debate
Evidence of Climate Change. Human activity does not explain the past 100 million years of global warming and cooling cycles, ...
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Can Swarm Intelligence Save Democracy?
From Agile Feedback Loops to Real-Time Swarm Intelligence. Swarm intelligence is very different from group intelligence and it is logically the final evolutionary step ...
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Democracy & The Tragedy of the Commons
Suffering from the Tragedy of the Commons. Voting in a political election is a form of opinion polling, which reveals individual opinions ...
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The Power of Agile Democracy
The Value of Agile Development. Individuals, teams, organizations, and nations can all benefit tremendously from applying rapid feedback loops to their critical decision-making processes. This principle ...
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Why is the U.S. Government so Broken?
Large Quantities of Small Rules Are Lethal. Individually, each discrete government rule may seem logical and benign, just like each ...
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The Bridge Between Dream and Reality
Undisciplined Societies Cannot Compete in a Global Economy. Many people no longer believe wealth is created from hard work, discipline and ...
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Monetizing Misery by Penetrating the Privacy Wall
Introduction to Gawker v. Peter Thiel. The initial inspiration for this article was the recent Gawker v. Hulk Hogan lawsuit, ...
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The Delusional Myth of Artificial Intelligence
The phrase “artificial intelligence” is a philosophical descendant of the debunked myth of the Sun revolving around the Earth: Both concepts ...
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Will the UK Escape the EU?
The UK will leave the European Union. It’s usually not wise to make absolute statements when discussing complex future economic ...
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Biology to Geopolitics: Evolving International Relations
The Pain-Pleasure Principle in Geopolitics. All behavior in the animal kingdom is governed by the avoidance of pain and the ...
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Power, Hegemony, and Geopolitical Balance
Should a State Seek Hegemony? “Hegemony” should be defined before discussing this topic. My definition: “Hegemony describes a dominant state’s ...
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Building a Non-Biased Political System
All Systems Have Bias. Every system created anywhere in the universe is vulnerable to various forms of conscious and unconscious ...
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Be the Government You Seek
What is the Perfect Political System? If you could build the perfect political system, what would it look like? How ...
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The Political & Economic Toxic Cloud
America is Heading in the Wrong Direction. Every major public opinion poll conducted over the past several years indicates a significant ...
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Democracy & Capitalism Depend on Clear Language
Obscure Language Sabotages Democracy & Capitalism. Most of the content of my books and articles are written using words that are generally ...
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