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“For the most part, advocates for change have worked within the current system of political economy,” says Gus Speth, a former adviser to Presidents Carter and Clinton, onetime administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and the recently retired dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, who has emerged as one of the new-economy movement’s leading figures. “But in the end,” Speth declares, “this approach will not succeed when what is needed is transformative change in the system itself.”

Rather than reforming broken systems or rebelling to overthrow them, we are creating a new civilization that will make the old system obsolete. Gar Alperovitz (new economist) calls this third way “evolutionary reconstruction.”

In this section we will be offering articles from the “evolutionary reconstructionists” who are leading us towards the emerging new civilization. They have worked at the margins of society until now.

As the worldwide citizen uprisings of the 99% explode the dichotomy between the old and new is becoming clear in every field of endeavor, including governance, economics, media, science, technology, ecology, education, religion and art.

This section will include comprehensive articles that reflect an emerging vision of the whole. Our goal is to be selective in our choices so that instead of reading dozens of articles on a subject, the main ideas are condensed into the few.

Recommended websites:
www.neweconomicsinstitute.org
www.neweconomics.org.

	Advanced Political and Sustainability Leadership through Integral Theory by Barrett C. Brown		Issue Article Type
	Briefing for the Institute for Democracy and Sustainability São Paulo, Brazil, January 24, 2012 Read Article		Other Articles Other

	A New World Political Architecture by Mikhail Gorbachev		Issue Article Type
	It was a dedicated and globally diverse group of leaders who gathered together at the beautiful old monastery in Bosco Marengo, Italy on October 27-28, 2006. These leaders had been invited by Mikhail Gorbachev and The World Political Forum to participate in the inauguration of a high level think-tank dedicated to A New World Political Architecture. Read Article		Spring | Summer 2007 Kosmos

	Conversaton with New Economist Susan Witt by Susan Witt		Issue Article Type
	On a gorgeous sunny morning the Kosmos team drove 30 minutes south to meet new economist Susan Witt on the picturesque grounds of the community land trust in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. She greeted us at the car and showed us inside the New Economics Institute’s rustic office building to a light-filled room with rows of bookshelves. Read Article		Fall | Winter 2010 Kosmos

	Media Between Citizens and Power | A World Political Forum Seminar by Nancy B. Roof		Issue Article Type
	I am suffering from information insecurity. I am concerned about the integrity of the news I am getting. Are you? How do you know what is truth and what is spin? How can we make intelligent decisions if our news is biased? Why isn’t there more public outcry over the consolidation of global media? Read Article		Fall | Winter 2006 Kosmos