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POINTS OF AGREEMENT IN A POLARIZED AMERICA

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John de Graaf
October 10, 2026

Sometimes, in the din of mindless chants of “drill, baby, drill,” it’s easy to think that no one cares about the environment anymore.  The Trump administration, almost daily, cuts rules, regulations, budgets, agencies (or changes their purpose) established decades ago to protect our land, water, air and resources.  And yet my recent travels and exchanges, related to my new film Econoclast: Herman Daly and the Gospel of Growth (www.econoclast.film) give me hope that all is far from lost. 

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Premiere of the Documentary Econoclast on September 22!!

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September 08, 2026

Documentary filmmaker John de Graaf has captured Herman Daly’s life and his span of influence that has transcended time and traveled around the globe. de Graaf shows us why Daly is heralded as the father of ecological economics. Econoclast premieres in Minnesota on September 22. 

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April 2026 Magazine

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April 18, 2026

In April, we have original articles related to money and markets. Documentary filmmaker and author John de Graaf writes about the well known ecological economist Herman Daly. Please note that John de Graaf is currently directing a documentary about the life of Herman Daly. Barbara McMichael compares Arkansas native son Dwight “Kuimeaux” Drennan to Vincent Van Gogh. The two artists shared a plight that too many artists everywhere can recognize—they had to wait until they were dead to have their art appreciate in value. Dialing for Dollars is a stab at the elite who play by different rules in the Publishing World. April is National Poetry month. Barbara Ruth Saunders has honored us with her poem, “Semiquincentennial Lament.” Our featured Art is a New Deal Mural by Philip Guston. What is more important than putting Food On The Table? ––Patricia Vaccarino

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A Prophet For Our Times: Herman Daly's Challenge To Economic Growth

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John de Graaf
April 10, 2026

The least challenged tenet in the field of economics is that growth is good.  Indeed, the value of limitless economic growth has almost become a religion. Nearly all political parties brag about their ability to increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a measure of the monetary value of goods and services a country produces. Yet, what if humans aren’t so rational, but driven by unconscious impulses and  marketing manipulation?  What if unbridled economic growth is a false narrative?

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NOTES FROM THE ROAD: On Stewardship

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Patricia Vaccarino
October 08, 2024

I was walking on 1st Avenue, south of the Pike Place Market, when I heard two men talking loudly. They were close enough to make me turn and look. The guys were burly, not in the best of shape, not old, but not young; it’s hard to tell someone’s age. What caught me by surprise was that they were making disparaging remarks about my city.  

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