Society, education and economics

The economic crises that have taken place in the last two years have brought forth unprecedented crises in our current social and economic institutions. The fundamental relationship between materiality, money and systems is breaking up, as it becomes clear that our monetary system does not bear much resemblance to the actual physical exchanges that are taking place. This means that an ever-widening gap between rich and poor, abstraction and lack of meaning at work, social and mental crises,  is leading people to ask questions of the institutions that have traditionally supported our human organisation. 

Articles in this section are dedicated to examining these interrelationships, at the different levels at which they arise, seeking to provide a systemic overview of the crisis that is presenting itself. We will be exploring economic, political, social, organisational and environmental issues from a systems perspective, and breaking down the current paradigms in academic thought which are almost all predicated upon a reductionist view and method. By viewing the world systemically, we hope to offer up fresh insights and thinking that will help foster and open ourselves up  to the concomitant shift in consciousness that is required if our current institutions are going to be able to evolve rather than collapse.