Frequently Asked Questions

The following are questions I regularly encounter in interviews, the Q&A sessions following my public presentations, and queries from colleagues. Answers sometimes include links to other resources, including those on this website. This is a work in progress. I will continue to add questions with my answers as I have time.

Unfortunately the press of commitments does not allow time to respond to individual questions or queries, for which I beg your understanding. Most of the issues discussed below are treated in greater depth in my publications, particularly The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community, Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth, and my periodic articles in YES! magazine.

Change Strategy

• Don't the institutions of Empire hold all the power?
• What about corporate control of media?
• No one gives up power voluntarily. Isn't violence inevitable?
• Given the urgency, don't we have to work through the existing institutions?

Democracy

• Why do you call the United States a plutocracy?
• What do you mean by "Money is a System of Power?"

Earth Community

• What will Earth Community look like?

Economy

• How are you using the terms Wall Street and Main Street?
• What is your take on proposals to nationalize the big Wall Street banks?
• Why do you call money history's most successful con game?
• What should we do with corporations that break the law?

Prospects for Success

• Won't things have to get a lot worse before people will be motivated for change?
• The changes you call for our daunting. Do we have time?