Peter Corning

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Capitalism and the Collective Survival Enterprise

Peter Corning

June 30, 2018

In his famous book, The Great Transformation(1944), the political economist/ anthropologist/sociologist Karl Polanyi produced a classic critique of the classic liberal (conservative) ideal of free market capitalism that still resonates today.

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Education

Peter Corning To Receive "Book of the Year" Award

PR for People Team

May 22, 2018

Peter Corning will receive the “book of the year” award for Synergistic Selection and an honorary doctorate for my 30 years of work and contributions to the systems sciences.

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World Views

The Social Contract: Who Needs It?

Peter Corning

May 22, 2018

Let’s begin with some political theory. Aristotle, in his great treatise, the Politics, concluded that there are, basically, only two different kinds of governments in terms of the outcomes for a society -- those that serve the common good, or the public interest, and those that have been co-opted to serve the self-interests of the people who hold political power.

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Books

PR for People Reviews: Synergistic Selection

Barbara McMichael

March 28, 2018

PR for People® Reviews: Synergistic Selection – Peter Corning World Scientific – 304 pp - $29.95

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Science

A Species in Peril: What Evolution Can Teach Us About the Path Forward

Peter Corning

March 28, 2018

Between the growing environmental crisis, extreme economic inequality and global poverty, a long list of social needs that are unfunded, or underfunded, and, not least, the dysfunctional or corrupt political regimes in many countries, our species is in genuine peril. And it’s entirely a self-made crisis. Yet this is precisely why there is reason for hope.