ABOUT KAMRAN’s Blog and GUEST BLOG
I- KAMRAN’s Blog: Dedicated to the Common Good- aiming to be a source of hope and inspiration; enabling us all to move from despair to hope; darkness to light and competition to cooperation. “Let the beauty we love be what we do.”-Rumi
II- KAMRAN MOFID’s GUEST’s BLOG: Here on The Guest Blog you’ll find commentary, analysis, insight and at times provocation from some of the world’s influential and spiritual thought leaders as they weigh in on critical questions about the state of the world, the emerging societal issues, the dominant socio-economic logic, globalisation, money, markets, sustainability, dialogue, cooperation, environment, media, spirituality, faith, culture, the youth, the purpose of business and economic life, the crucial role of leadership, and the challenges facing economic, business, management, education, and more.
“When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming together it is the beginning of reality.”—Helder Camara
Angel Oak Tree, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Photo: pinterest.com
- Details
- Written by: Kamran Mofid
- Hits: 141
“Our age has eerily come to rhyme with Keynes’s”- Robert Skidelsky
Paraphrasing the timeless words of Maya Angelou, we need hope, optimism, and not only to survive, but to thrive with kindness, love, empathy, humour, commitment, and passion. This is the essence of Keynes, his legacy for today: "economic growth and wealth accumulation are not ends in themselves, but merely the means to secure "the good life".
…and I firmly believe that the world at large is rediscovering these timeless gems, given the rapturous applause and standing ovation we witnessed yesterday at the play: The Standard of Living, ‘the thrilling, funny and deeply moving portrait of a man who dared to imagine something better’- John Maynard Keynes, at the Royal Haymarket Theatre, London.
Yes, we can and we must, envision overcoming deep systemic challenges like neoliberal economic pressures, war, and destruction, If we listen to the Voice of Hope, echoing across the world.
N.B. For far too long, only the prophets of doom, the ‘monster dogma’ brigade, have been the ones dictating what governments can do, cruelty, austerity, privatisation, deregulation, and hopelessness, so that economic plunder and exploitation can effectively be maximised for the interest of the few.
- A novel published in 1934 which stands out as mirror to our contemporary world
- Are we witnessing the rise of fascism today in a world that once vowed, "Never again"?
- What it means to be Human in the age of End of Times Fascism
- Losing our Humanity: When Love and Life were Sold to the Highest Bidders
- Poetry to restore beauty, hope and imagination to our chaotic and anxious world
- The fallacy of ‘drill baby drill’ and the genius and foresight of Karl Marx
- What if all cockroaches -young and old- come together?