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Follow on Google News | Welcome To Psychopath Economics – An Ebook On Power, ‘The 1%’ And Its Threat To HumanityThe Western economic system is psychopathic, argues journalist and writer Peter Batt. This book is both a warning and a call to action for ordinary people to take back their power
By: Peter Batt Many public figures have been branded as psychopaths over the years, and psychopathic personality types are disproportionately found in positions of power. But Peter Batt argues that such people are where they are because they reflect the logic of power itself, therefore posing a major problem for society. This problem originates from the 'reality gap' between the psychopath’s engaging and charismatic persona on the one hand, and their brazen, predatory and manipulative behaviour on the other. It's a reality gap that often confounds those watching on and is as likely to stun society into confused acquiescence as provoke effective opposition. This picture is further confused by the role of belief systems, which attribute meaning, and seek to explain and justify. In today’s information age, the elite’s favoured belief system is neoliberalism, an economic enterprise that presents inequality as natural, inevitable and unchallengable. Written in four parts, Psychopath Economics (https://www.smashwords.com/ However, effective action is likely to require campaigns that go beyond the traditional democratic system, because psychopathic power makes no concession without a threat. Only campaigns that challenge the elite's assets – such as civil and consumer ‘disobedience’ Part 1 of Psychopath Economics (https://www.smashwords.com/ Using the market imagery of the bull, the faceless power of capital, and Walter Lippmann’s concept of the ‘bewildered herd’, Peter Batt argues that much of today’s economics narrative is hopelessly skewed in favour of the elite’s dominance at the direct expense of wider society. And he singles out neoliberalism as the ultimate expression of economics by the psychopath, for the psychopath. A free sample and the full version of Part 1 is available here (https://www.smashwords.com/ About the author Peter Batt is a journalist with a career spanning nearly 30 years. Most recently, he was managing editor of the international ethical business magazine Ethical Performance (http://www.ethicalperformance.com/ About Smashwords Founded in 2008, Smashwords (https://www.smashwords.com/) End
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