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Bezig met laden... Grunch of Giants (origineel 1983; editie 2004)door Buckminster Fuller (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkGrunch* of Giants [*Gross Universe Cash Heist] door R. Buckminster Fuller (1983)
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Here Buckminster Fuller takes on the gigantic corporate megaliths that exert increasing control over every aspect of daily life. In the form of a modern allegory, he traces the evolution of these multinational giants from the post-World War II military-industrial complex to the current army of abstract legal entities known as the corporate world. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This is the last book Fuller wrote, published the year of his death. It's short, and a bit of a mosaic or hodgepodge, covering ancient history, mathematics, politics, business, and number of other issues. It is part-autobiographical. Fuller believed that we had achieved a level of technological development that we would be able to shift from weaponry over to "livingry" over the next 50 years, and that all humans would be able to be sufficiently provisioned. Although he's right in regard to the physical realities of our world, he seems to have underestimated the cultural and financial customs society is unwilling to forgo, meaning that we now have a record number of impoverished people.
In the book, Fuller claims that inflation is due solely to corporate collusion. I've never heard this accusation before (it generally being blamed on the federal reserve), and is likely worth further consideration. At the same time, it seems that he believed in investment, and was suggesting that Social Security be invested in corporate stocks. ( )