Life over Money Blog

Introduction

Life vs money is the key to our survival. Our current system of finance/corporate capitalism only values money. Life is considered an “externality”, not to be included when planning unlimited growth through competition; always playing a zero-sum game.

On this blog you will find the wisdom of others who support the reorientation of our values to support life instead of money.

POSTS

LIFE v money Jeff – November 12, 2022 What One of My Favorite Dogs Taught Me About You, Me, And the Future of Human Civilization Where Happiness Comes... Read More civilization, dogs, happiness, LIFE v money, relationships, rich people, Umair Haque Historical Jeff – August 25, 2022 100 Years of Chatham House: A Century in the Service of Empire Inderjeet Parmar and Shihui Yin - 01/OCT/2020 The... Read More Chatham House, colonialism, imperial-internationalism, international elite knowledge network, liberal internationalism, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Sir Alfred Milner, think tanks Economics & Money Jeff – August 24, 2022 The Economy Should Serve People. Not Vice Versa. A simple shift in perspective can eradicate our taste for austerity. HAMILTON... Read More corporate earnings, economy Cybersetics and AI Jeff – August 21, 2022 It started as a fringe philosophical theory about humanity’s future. It’s now richly funded and increasingly dangerous Read More Elon Musk, existential threat, longtermism, Nick Beckstead, Nick Bostrom, Peter Thiel, Toby Ord, transhumanism Economics & Money Jeff – August 14, 2022 AUGUST 12, 2022 Talking Sense About “A New American Civil War” RICHARD E. RUBENSTEIN For some time, people who analyze... Read More capitalism, civil war, political violence, rigged system US Hegemony Jeff – July 29, 2022 American Diplomacy As A Tragic Drama By Michael Hudson - July 30, 2022 As in a Greek tragedy whose protagonist... Read More China, dollar standard, Michael Hudson, NATO, neoliberal policies, Russia, US hegemony Iran Jeff – July 21, 2022 War With Iran The United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths and... Read More Chris Hedges, Iran, JCPOA Economics & Money The End of Western Civilization Jeff – July 21, 2022 THE COLLAPSE OF MODERN CIVILIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY. By Michael Hudson Paper presented on July 11, 2022 to... Read More debt, jubilee, Roman Law Economics & Money Rising Interest Rates May Blow Up The Federal Budget Jeff – July 5, 2022 Rising Interest Rates May Blow Up The Federal Budget – OpEd By Jeff Deist - July 4, 2022 In fiscal... Read More interest rates, US debt Economics & Money The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages Jeff – July 2, 2022 The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages By Michael Hudson Sunday, June 19, 2022 To Wall Street and its backers,... Read More austerity, bailouts, FED Cybersetics and AI Revenge of the Malthusians Jeff – July 1, 2022 The Revenge of the Malthusians and the Science of LimitsWhat are the roots of the technocratic and transhumanist policies currently... Read More Eugenics, Malthusian Economics & Money Financial Manipulation and Inequality Keep Rising Jeff – June 27, 2022 Financial Manipulation and Inequality Keep Rising Capitalism Working as Intended by Pete Dolack - June 26, 2022 Many well-meaning people... Read More capitalism, inequality US Hegemony The Perils of Shaping an Recalcitrant World Jeff – June 26, 2022 Relying on military power to shape events in distant countriesrequires very deep pockets and infinite patience—neither of whichwe currently possess.By... Read More Uncategorized Oh God! It’s Going to Get So Much Worse Jeff – April 30, 2022 Caitlin Johnstone - April 30 caitlinjohnstone.com Rightists have spent the last couple of days freaking out and invoking Orwell’s 1984... Read More Ukraine Noam Chomsky; Propaganda Wars Are Raging as Russia’s War on Ukraine Expands Jeff – April 28, 2022 Russia's War on Ukraine in an Age of Escalating Imperial Tensions By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout - April 28, 2022 Since... Read More Chomsky, Proxy, Ukraine, war Reality Update Reality Update Jeff – April 21, 2022 Entire U.S. Stockpile of VX Nerve Agent Eliminated BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT, Ky. - The last M55 rocket containing VX... Read More Ukraine The Defense Industry’s Ukraine Pundits Jeff – April 20, 2022 The Defense Industry’s Ukraine Pundits To explain the crisis, corporate news networks are leaning on hawkish ex-military officials — without... Read More defense, MICMAC, Ukraine Ukraine The Military Situation in The Ukraine Jeff – April 20, 2022 The Military Situation In The Ukraine April 1, 2022 Jacques Baud Part One: The Road To War For years, from... Read More US Hegemony The US Grand Strategy Jeff – April 19, 2022 Excerpts from The US Grand Strategy and the Eurasian Heartland in the Twenty-First Century Emre İşeri Since the United States,... Read More US Hegemony The Rhodes Scholars Guiding Biden’s Presidency Jeff – April 19, 2022 The Rhodes Scholars Guiding Biden’s Presidency While the WEF’s Young Global Leader program has recently become infamous, it follows the... Read More Load More LIFE v money Jeff – November 12, 2022 What One of My Favorite Dogs Taught Me About You, Me, And the Future of Human Civilization Where Happiness Comes... Read More civilization, dogs, happiness, LIFE v money, relationships, rich people, Umair Haque Historical Jeff – August 25, 2022 100 Years of Chatham House: A Century in the Service of Empire Inderjeet Parmar and Shihui Yin - 01/OCT/2020 The... Read More Chatham House, colonialism, imperial-internationalism, international elite knowledge network, liberal internationalism, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Sir Alfred Milner, think tanks Economics & Money Jeff – August 24, 2022 The Economy Should Serve People. Not Vice Versa. A simple shift in perspective can eradicate our taste for austerity. HAMILTON... Read More corporate earnings, economy Cybersetics and AI Jeff – August 21, 2022 It started as a fringe philosophical theory about humanity’s future. It’s now richly funded and increasingly dangerous Read More Elon Musk, existential threat, longtermism, Nick Beckstead, Nick Bostrom, Peter Thiel, Toby Ord, transhumanism Economics & Money Jeff – August 14, 2022 AUGUST 12, 2022 Talking Sense About “A New American Civil War” RICHARD E. RUBENSTEIN For some time, people who analyze... Read More capitalism, civil war, political violence, rigged system US Hegemony Jeff – July 29, 2022 American Diplomacy As A Tragic Drama By Michael Hudson - July 30, 2022 As in a Greek tragedy whose protagonist... Read More China, dollar standard, Michael Hudson, NATO, neoliberal policies, Russia, US hegemony Iran Jeff – July 21, 2022 War With Iran The United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths and... Read More Chris Hedges, Iran, JCPOA Economics & Money The End of Western Civilization Jeff – July 21, 2022 THE COLLAPSE OF MODERN CIVILIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY. By Michael Hudson Paper presented on July 11, 2022 to... Read More debt, jubilee, Roman Law Economics & Money Rising Interest Rates May Blow Up The Federal Budget Jeff – July 5, 2022 Rising Interest Rates May Blow Up The Federal Budget – OpEd By Jeff Deist - July 4, 2022 In fiscal... Read More interest rates, US debt Economics & Money The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages Jeff – July 2, 2022 The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages By Michael Hudson Sunday, June 19, 2022 To Wall Street and its backers,... Read More austerity, bailouts, FED Cybersetics and AI Revenge of the Malthusians Jeff – July 1, 2022 The Revenge of the Malthusians and the Science of LimitsWhat are the roots of the technocratic and transhumanist policies currently... Read More Eugenics, Malthusian Economics & Money Financial Manipulation and Inequality Keep Rising Jeff – June 27, 2022 Financial Manipulation and Inequality Keep Rising Capitalism Working as Intended by Pete Dolack - June 26, 2022 Many well-meaning people... Read More capitalism, inequality US Hegemony The Perils of Shaping an Recalcitrant World Jeff – June 26, 2022 Relying on military power to shape events in distant countriesrequires very deep pockets and infinite patience—neither of whichwe currently possess.By... Read More Uncategorized Oh God! It’s Going to Get So Much Worse Jeff – April 30, 2022 Caitlin Johnstone - April 30 caitlinjohnstone.com Rightists have spent the last couple of days freaking out and invoking Orwell’s 1984... Read More Ukraine Noam Chomsky; Propaganda Wars Are Raging as Russia’s War on Ukraine Expands Jeff – April 28, 2022 Russia's War on Ukraine in an Age of Escalating Imperial Tensions By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout - April 28, 2022 Since... Read More Chomsky, Proxy, Ukraine, war Reality Update Reality Update Jeff – April 21, 2022 Entire U.S. Stockpile of VX Nerve Agent Eliminated BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT, Ky. - The last M55 rocket containing VX... Read More Ukraine The Defense Industry’s Ukraine Pundits Jeff – April 20, 2022 The Defense Industry’s Ukraine Pundits To explain the crisis, corporate news networks are leaning on hawkish ex-military officials — without... Read More defense, MICMAC, Ukraine Ukraine The Military Situation in The Ukraine Jeff – April 20, 2022 The Military Situation In The Ukraine April 1, 2022 Jacques Baud Part One: The Road To War For years, from... Read More US Hegemony The US Grand Strategy Jeff – April 19, 2022 Excerpts from The US Grand Strategy and the Eurasian Heartland in the Twenty-First Century Emre İşeri Since the United States,... Read More US Hegemony The Rhodes Scholars Guiding Biden’s Presidency Jeff – April 19, 2022 The Rhodes Scholars Guiding Biden’s Presidency While the WEF’s Young Global Leader program has recently become infamous, it follows the... Read More Load More