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In an Age of Competitive Globalisation –  Where does that leave your organisation – enterprise – country or institution?  What are the limits to its ambition?  Where do the opportunities lie?  Is there scope for further influence, value creation, strategic advantage and success? These are the Four Questions that Frame Organisational Evolution – determined as that is by the Laws of Evolution – The Facts of Competition and Survival of The Fittest. The Global Race It has been said that the nations of the world are engaged in a Global Race? The Four Questions are: 1. To Where? 2. To Serve What Purpose? 3. To Realise What End? 4. What is the Outcome? The Global Race is not a Win-Lose Scenario like a huge Grand Prix or Boxing Match – although it might feel like that at times. The Race – The Struggle – The Journey is to arrive at a state of Adaptation at which stage one requires Adaptive Intelligence to enable Flow State to ensue. The principles of this race have been laid out in a series of books that can be researched at the end of this document. Seminars and Strategy Retreats based on these works are available by invitation in Budapest, Hungary. Contact us through the web site and we will let you know where we can meet for a few days in a place where review and reflection can precede policy formation and strategy design. We work according to World Future Council methodologies and integrate the values and ethos of Club of Rome and Club of Budapest to realise Integrated SocioEconomic perspectives based on Commonwealth Values for European Integration, Integrated Taxation – Universal Healthcare – Universal Education – Flow Management – Continuous Improvement and Stable State Governance. Our Subscription levels are designed for those who want to integrate Macro- and Micro- Socio-Economic Management with the needs of finance (banking and ©Scottish & Commonwealth Insurers’ Open Network 2013 www.sunzu.com/koraki “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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insurance) and economy. At the moment, all four forces are pulling in different directions, creating a “black hole” at the heart of national economic management. It makes no difference whether you are head of an enterprise, multi-national, nation state, local authority, university or financial institution – the systemic pressures of Gresham’s Law – Economic Predation – Survival of the Fittest and Natural Law mean that your Game Plan can always be under attack and your strategy calls to be apprised of this risk. De-risking the Future is realised through upgraded Operating Systems designed to run on Stable State 3Fold Adaptive Logic – (Win-Win) rather than 2-fold Reductive Logic which by its nature – results only in WinLose – or total lockdown – Stale Mate when both sides play supremely defensive positions. The New O/S Disseminates Best Practice. Our Offer of Service We Disseminate Best Practice by taking a Scientific and Medical perspective of Living Systems – Healthcare – The Environment – Enterprise – Law – Society and Diplomacy to address the Strategic, Commercial, Diplomatic and Financial components that when integrated realise Stable State Governance through an understanding of Flow Dynamics. Flow Dynamics integrates: Thermo-Dynamics, Electro-Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Logic, Currency, Psychology, Education, Energy, Economy, Ecology and Law. Implementing the New Operating System realises Four Advantages 1. It is based on Software Security – Stable State Systems 2. It enables Stability through Stable State Economics 3. The O/S enables you to Disseminate Best Practice and so realise Stable State Prosperity 4. It enables Flow Harmonics through Stable State Currency and continuous improvement. On the international level this results in The Reversal of Gresham’s Law and the realisation of Stable State Governance for the local authority or national authority through Integrated Taxation. On the human level it enables Healthcare adapted to the needs of Life Assurance, Pension provision and investment through Zero Carbon Pensions. On the economic level it enables Infrastructure as an investment and the realisation of long-term stable state returns in such a way as repair, restoration, renovation and salvage become the new business opportunities. ©Scottish & Commonwealth Insurers’ Open Network 2013 www.sunzu.com/koraki “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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From a Flow perspective the benefit is that of increased security through conflict resolution and Capital Creation through appropriate use of appropriate technology. This is called: “Swords to Ploughshares”. Food security and energy security are twin aims of this Eco-polis – Agro-polis model for self-sustaining city states in an interdependent world. The next step Whether you are an individual or organisation, diplomatic or strategic partner contact us directly for a description of our software and services, operating systems and methodology for integrated taxation through security software technology. Select your level of interest We welcome support at four levels  Sponsors  Patrons  Fellows  Partners If you want to work with us to disseminate best practice or participate in Green New Deal – Open Capital for Open Society – contact us directly.

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Server Administration is called into being to serve the needs of: 1. Insurers – IBAM – Insurance-Based Asset Management 2. Financial Service Providers - IBIS – Integrated Banking and Insurance Services 3. Chambers of Commerce – Insurance-based Backoffice Systems – IBBOS 4. Healthcare – Insurance-Based Legally Integrated Curative Knowledge – IBLICK 5. Technology, Education, Qualifications, Kite-marks and Validation – Insurance-Based Legally Integrated Normative Knowledge - IBLINK 6. Enterprise, Revenues, Governance and Security: PENGUIN - Public/Private Enterprise National Guarantees Underwriting Insurance Norms. The above SIX SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES are available on a Pay-As-You-Go basis using Secure Servers based in Data Centres in the U.S, Europe, Australia and South East Asia. We work according to Licence Agreement for the SIX Areas of: 1. Finance 2. Education 3. Technology 4. Healthcare 5. Enterprise 6. Security We enable town-by-town and city-by-city Licensing Agreements to participate in Partnership with: 1. Arup (worldwide) 2. Planetary Services Engineering Institute (Washington) 3. Swords to Ploughshares – Agriculture, Science,, Capital and Technology (UK) 4. Berlin Technology Hub (Europe) 5. Institute of Chartered Accountants (Scotland) 6. Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, England.

“A leader leads by example, not by force” ― Sun Tzu

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The whole is entitled Green New Deal – working on the Eco-polis – Agro-polis model of WORLD FUTURE COUNCIL and Environmental Defence Fund – The Grantham Institute – Club of Budapest – Club of Rome and Club of Athens. We look for Collaborative Agreement in the following specialist areas: 1. Defence and Security 2. Software Security 3. Hardware Design and Manufacture 4. Infrastructure as an Investment – Green City Partnerships 5. Design and Urban Planning – Community Capital Creation 6. Financial Services – Investment – Enterprise, Governance 7. Technology Security 8. Electoral Voting Systems – E-Government 9. Agro-Economy and Agro-Ecology – Feed The World 10. Sanitation, Water and Disease Prevention – Healthcare 11. Medical Research, Technology and Training 12. Climate Change. See: Planetary Engineering Services Institute (Washington).

“A leader leads by example, not by force” ― Sun Tzu

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“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War In a world of economic predation it is not entirely clear how cost-cutting on its own is to bring about the necessary degree of capacity-building, integration and economic resilience needed to realise sustainability or “absolute sustainability” necessary to safeguard jobs and livelihoods and realise Stable State Prosperity. The question is as much a matter of Governance – company procedure and integrated taxation as it is of a Unifying Vision that is needed for the Whole Economy to Cohere and Adaptive leadership to take place. There is an obvious distinction between Supportive Economy (insurance) that addresses the needs and well-being of the customer and Extractive Economy that seeks to take what it can while it can, with the least effort and maximum benefit to itself. The one is informed by Strategic Understanding – informed by Terra Firma Economics that looks at the fundamentals of risk and reward and the other is driven by appetite for cash, opportunism and disregard for the consequences other than as they serve immediate gratification –short-term gambling mentality. For Adaptive leadership we look to those possessed of a Unifying Vision – a Coherent World View – The means to communicate and the skills and resources to implement. A unifying vision is had in the Eco-polis Agro-polis Green city model that realises absolute sustainability through the intersection of food security, energy security and economic security. See: www.futurepolicy.org By addressing the needs of these three areas so as they intersect creates a “sweet spot” of resilience and economic prosperity when structured in such a way as that Governance and Integrated Taxation can occur. In the Integrated Economy all depends on land and geography – Time and Space (land) are forced into an alliance in order that, as time goes by, more is produced. This alliance of Time and Space hold the key to enable economic resilience evolve rather than erode or be eroded by the superior forces of the aggregate of selfinterest - which aggregate blind forces use the economies of scale to serve their ends – to disruptive effect to the ends of The Nation State – see Google – Starbucks and others. The interests of the Nation State have long since decoupled from the interests of that which politicians would have us believe is a unifying force. While © Scottish & Commonwealth Insurers’ Open Network 2013 www.sunzu.com/koraki

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War the Spirit of Enterprise is responsible for The Wealth of Nations the concentrated power of the shareholder driven corporation finds itself at odds with those who would seek modular resilience, selfsufficiency and economic prosperity distinct from those who seek to extract cash from global money flows. Local money is of no interest to the interests of the cash-driven behemoth – it is only global money flows with all their instability that serve the appetite for immediate reward – at the expense of Stable State Economy. The situation of Greece evidences what happens. Once money leaves local currency flow (stable) and enters global currency flow (unstable) it can become impossible to recover. Growth alone cannot proceed unless structured by an adherence to: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Terra Firma Economics – metrics Conservative Asset Management Principle – Insurance Values – Governance Integrated Taxation that is linked to technology and the use of technology 5. Local Economy and Resilience in local economy 6. Healthcare – safeguarding Human Capital 7. Defence strategy for protection of porous invisible borders 8. Food security – Agriculture – use of land 9. Adaptive leadership – Strategy 10. Communications – press and media relations – public engagement and democratic accountability – Open Society – Big Society 11. Unifying Vision – Design The realisation of the Unifying Vision is found in strategic alliance with those who would defend and not predate upon the interests of the Nation State. That calls for a symbiotic relationship based on reciprocity and not extortion or coercion that financial relationship with nations with cash to invest can afford through Diplomatic Accord. The basis of that Diplomatic Accord is summed up in the Four Agreements: 1. Green Finance for bottom-up funding for Economic Regeneration 2. Use of technology for economic resilience – local economy – Community Capital 3. Defence Strategy for investment in Chambers of Commerce and IT – Renewable Energy and Agricultural Technology –Food For Cities – Healthcare and Education – see Dynamixx.co.uk

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War 4. Strategy and governance for the Unifying Vision – absolute Sustainability in accord with proven Design Principles for Energy, Technology, Nature and Community informed by Conservative asset management principle – The Common Pool.

In the fields of Engineering, Healthcare and Physical Sciences there is a need to enable the integration of various research models in order that progress in these fields can be truly transformative. An engineering discipline of Flow calls to bring together understanding in the areas of: fluid dynamics, thermo dynamics, electro-dynamics and light engineering to integrate the various strands of these four disciplines. In the areas of Physics and Chemistry, Life Sciences and Earth Sciences convergence will provide us with means and methodology to address the major challenges beside healthcare of Conservation and Climate Change. Through the integration of Pure Reason, Pure Maths, Pure Logic and New Science we can apply this knowledge to provide understanding of the interlinked areas of Economy, Ecology and Law – in order that an actuarially informed view of Healthcare and Healthcare Technology can inform life and pension and insurance underwriting principle to appreciate, evaluate, underwrite and manage the diverse risks posed by the dark triangle of disease, climate change and socio-economic dysfunction. Through an integrated understanding of Science we can thus apply a conjunction of Technology, Investment, Insurance and Governance to address instability and the causes of instability. In this endeavour – an understanding of Flow and the realisation of Harmony calls for the application of Integrated Design Principles – which Integrated Design Principles flow from our understanding of Economics, Ecology and Law. Thus – from Unified Field Perspective we can address dysfunction from an underwriting and Life Science view to inform socioeconomic policy – investment – economic regeneration, and integrated banking and insurance services through the application of IT and the deployment of Green City Systems and Infrastructure for Economic Regeneration. © Scottish & Commonwealth Insurers’ Open Network 2013 www.sunzu.com/koraki

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Design The 11 areas of Science: 

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1. These areas are dealt with in the 11-volume series Taoist Economy – Eunomia – available to participating universities. 2. Strategies for Economic Regeneration are also dealt with in the 11volume series 3. Infrastructure as an Investment is dealt with in the Series that addresses the role of insurance 4. Currency, Banking reform, Economy and Enterprise are dealt with in the 11-volume series as an integrated response to the call to integrate Science and Community to create Knowledge Capital or Community Capital.

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War These 4 areas    

Design - Principle Strategies - Praxis Methodology Objective

are: The Four Agreements that comprise Human-scale Design - see: Vitruvius. When we look at Nature we find examples that integrate: - Form and function, colour and dimension, structure, resilience and quality. These seven attributes contribute to the functional capacity of the designed object in question to contribute to Life Flow, support Life, display resilience and serve as a functional component in a meaningfully evolving system. It is this notion of Quality – Value – Meaning and Truth (Dharma) that informs the functional appraisal of the object of enquiry and without which enquiry (and Science) is but incomplete. When it comes to gaining a handle on the practical angle of formulating an applied response to the outcome of enquiry – the economic arena – the Creation of Capital – we see that a so-called science that does not recognise or acknowledge the role of quality is missing an important dimension in applying integrated design principles to its outlook. Unified Field Perspective Thus – as a heuristic model – Unified Field Perspective parts company with those who strive to be value-neutral. Unified Field Perspective sees a value in that which is functional capacity to add to or serve the quality of life and contribute to human health, prosperity, and happiness. To use Johnson’s Utilitarian definition of happiness – that consists in the reasonable basis for future prosperity. Aside from the arguments and tortured outpourings of those vested interests that strive to denigrate all value as subjective and thereby somehow unreal – we point to Gresham’s Law and the consequences of devaluing currency to serve self-interest and the dysfunction that attends that which is not set up to serve Stable State Operation.

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

It is thus – through an integration of Flow – Natural Law – Gresham’s Law and the Primacy of Standards that can be investigated and upheld that we arrive at a Stable State Science of Understanding and Understanding of Science that can serve human need as an evolutionarily adapted species. Survival of the fittest is not about survival of the biggest and strongest, nor even the most intelligent, but survival of the most adapted and adaptive – that enable the use of their technology and the product of their tools to evolve and flourish and not be eroded by the limited resources of time, money, patience and labour. The development of Science and Community Capital – of which Science is a part – calls for the integration no less of Agriculture and Energy, Investment and Design in a harmonious arrangement that enables Flow – man to work in Harmony with Nature and not be at war with the fundamental Design principles that integrate Life on Earth. Thus we can realise a strategy to tackle climate change through the integration of Underwriting Principle, Infrastructure as an investment, currency management and understanding of Flow – that accompanies continuous improvement or kai-zen.

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

The Eunomia Series 1. Stable State Governance 2. Green New Deal 3. Unified Field Perspective – Integrated Science for Technology and Healthcare, Education and Economy 4. Applied Science of Integrated Healthcare and Social Policy for Insurers 5. Swords to Ploughshares 6. Chambers of Commerce – Commonwealth Strategy for BRIC countries 7. Green City Partnerships – Town and Country Planning – Vitruvian Partnerships 8. Taoist Economy 9. Integrated Taxation 10. Conservation through Insurance 11. Insurance as Governance – The Role of The Common Pool 12. Social Charter – Conservative Asset Management Principle – Stewardship Economics The Eunomia Series is available to Sponsors and Patrons of Integrated Banking and Insurance Software – available in connection with Fair Trade Economic Partnerships LLP and Nudge Digital. See Green New Deal available via: Club of Athens - Club of Budapest - The Scottish Government – TLT solicitors.

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Are you familiar with Unified Field Perspective? Field Perspective works on the Principle of Unified Field Theory; UFP is informed by Principles of Harmonics – sound, light and radio (electro-magnetic) waves and thus has implications for broadcast and security. It means that those who speak from a shared perspective know what the other is talking about. Societal reform, economic management, financial security, systems security, wealth generation and asset management are all areas within its jurisdiction. UFP is not theoretical – it is a Perspective – one informed by experience, understanding, values, priorities, tradition and insight of an understanding that is informed by land and estate management. The movement of goods and people plays a crucial role, as do: navigation, Command Dynamics - the provision of services, the collection of taxes, generation of wealth, agriculture and town and country interface around the theme of maritime power, export and trade and stable governance, currency and the principle and practice of civic participation. UFP is essentially informed by the twin principles of military/commercial experience and deployment of technology and economic and financial management to combine to form a perspective on Stable State Governance and Stable State Economics – managing the transition from unstable state economics to stable state management. UFP is essentially a military governance principle informed by the paradox that the only way to de risk unstable state technology is to oppose destructive use of destructive technology by understanding both its limitations and the limits of understanding of those who control it. Ones does so by eliminating the source of error, namely by instruction, demonstration of intent (Theatre) and commitment to serve. Appropriate use of appropriate technology requires insight into the way to eliminate the source of conflict is to remove the cause of suffering – such as that is rooted in the four mental defilements of: greed, hatred, fear and delusion. Such is the failure of imagination that fails to see beyond that which immediately presents and to take as real that which is merely a passing phenomenon, which, as a mental chimera in the mind of the enemy, left unchallenged, can develop into a complex with life of its own. Error, treated aright, can be squarely dealt with in terms of dealing with manifest and actual realities rather than in thrall to perceived realities. This is the basis of the Cantillon Principle.

A stock market run on the twin towers of greed and fear is going to crop up against the limitations of its own understanding. Besides saving money, time expense effort and eliminating waste UFP informs risk and risk management and therefore directly impacts on insurance, investment and technology , use of applications thereof and application and understanding thereof. This brings us to the four Framing Questions of Resource Management that shape UFP in the mind of the individual. How can I generate wealth – create value? How do I manage what I have? How do I eliminate waste? How do I participate in civic society? These Four Questions are managed from the Six-point Star at the heart of UFP – to provide a methodology of Resource Allocation that Balances the Books. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Wealth generation and asset management Diplomacy and Negotiation Harvest and Yield – Granary Store and Insurance Technology – Green Energy – Broadcast Technology Technology for Security – City Walls Food security – Energy security

1 through to 6= Economic security = sovereign wealth= Financial Management Reading List Saving Capitalism from Itself – Roger Bootle The Breaking of Nations – Robert Cooper The Party is Over – Richard Heinberg Peak Everything – Richard Heinberg Earth Democracy – Vandana Shiva Soil not Oil – Vandana Shiva Power, Purpose and Principle – Ketan Patel. Goldman Sachs The Individualised Corporation – Sumantra Ghoshal The Support Economy - Zuboff The Divided Brain and the Making of The Western World – Iain McGilchrist The Passion of the Western Mind – Richard Tarnas Economics as If People Mattered – E.F. Schumacher Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilisation – Thomas Homer-Dixon Guns, Germs and Steel – Jared Diamond

Good Business, Flow, Leadership and the Making of Meaning -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Evolving Self - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Art of Strategy – The Art of War – Sun Tzu

You will note that it is from an East-West military/commercial, economic and medical (systems-aware) perspective that informs best practice – which disciplines and experience are found in Hungarian and Hellenic tradition – Hippocratic Tradition – Eunomia – Law and Order – and Agricultural Technology. These traditions are accessible to those who learn Hungarian or speak Hungarian from birth, are native Greek speakers and are descended from the bloodstock of Alexander the Great or the bloodstock of Attila the Hun with his archers on horseback. Given the free for all that attends free trade – it has to be pointed out that open competition for scarce resources is not freedom, it is the antithesis thereof, leading as it does to tyranny and oppression. Where there is social injustice how can there be peace? Peace is the condition for wealth creation – for how can one set up generating a livelihood amid instability and without basis in economically secure foundation? The task is to put an end to those who engage in meaningless activity, if that is all they know, and by providing bases in commerce, education, welfare, healthcare and security establish a field in which those who choose to participate in civil society are given the support to make the most of their abilities and contribute what they can. Participation in New Economic Development Initiative and Green Energy investment are areas for those who seek to integrate and harmonise taxation with revenue generation to de -risk insecurity and to support the application of technology and new science. See Conjectures and Refutations and examine Open Society initiatives as envisioned by Prof Karl Popper in such a way as may be fully appreciated by the educated layman and practised by the artisan or agricultural producer.

An economy founded on wealth, real wealth and committed to sustainable wealth generation is superior to an economy founded on debt and based on unused energy. While a civilization based on renewable sources of energy – wind, wave, solar, geothermal, tidal and forestry shows signs of longevity, a civilization based on finite sources of energy cannot but meet, eventually its own demise. This is not due to anything other than advances in technology – advances in technology that see ready and unlimited power production when allied to appropriately de-risked and stable sources of finance that address the needs of Social Welfare, Social Dividend, The Common Pool and Return on investment. A combination of Technology, Energy, Investment and Infrastructure Spend calls to be allied into a Framing Paradigm – The Four Agreements – informed by and informing the wider strategy of Capital Generation, Investment Security, Environment and Social Dividend – payable to the Common Pool and realized in terms of increased Food Security and Energy Security. Thus we see that the entire arrangement rests on Design Principle – which Design Principle informs and is informed by the needs of Man and Nature, Community and Capital to realize productive and collaborative ends through the conjunction of Wealth Generation, Food Production and Food Distribution, Technology and Energy. Such a model for allowing insurance to be the battery of the Economy – where circuitry is in place to realign 15% of excess cash for investment through de-risked funding at the base of the pyramid – the Repair Business – Renovating and Renewing the Conditions for creating, attracting and managing wealth through attention to Community Capital, Soil Capital, Knowledge Capital and Natural Capital of which financial Capital is but one – and the expression of asset realizable in liquid form. The most important Capitals – fertility in the top soil and healthy structure of DNA exist without any tradable form other than through the use of selective breeding for resilience in local strains – which agriculturalists have been doing ever since farming first started in Mesopotamia with the Sumerians.

Green Finance – de-risked investment that pays a return on investment through pre-calculated return through Bottom of the Pyramid infrastructure as an investment creates a polarity for Economy where Insurance rather than the fictitious creation of value through printing money holds the power through Conservative Asset Management Principle. This Stewardship Economic addresses the Sustainability of Design, Auditing, Accounting Principle and Relationship of Trust – to enable a reciprocity of arrangement where otherwise there is purely coercion and extraction in an opportunistic competition for scarce resources based entirely on the outcome of conflicting forces where brute strength prevails. This Governance issue – a call to recognize value and the value attached to clean air and fresh water, healthy source of food and ability to provide for the future without incurring debt on future generations – is in line with the Principles and Practice of Eco-capitalism and calls for The Appreciation and hence Reversal of Gresham’s Law that degrades that which is of value – namely currency. The Currency – the Current – powered by the Battery – the Insurer – addresses the needs of the Common Pool by taking an Architectural and Design-led Perspective that is in line with the needs of the modern-day metropolis to feed and sustain its population with energy security at the top of its agenda. This architectural view is realized through appreciating the interdependent dynamic that relates to Cyber Governance – relation with IT and Solar Energy as sources of power – and managing the intermediary stage of access to energy for the purposes of wealth generation through the appropriate deployment of technology. Thus – through use of tool – one can address the related areas of:  Housing  Healthcare  Pensions  Transport  Finance  Energy  Education  Design

This Eight-fold model is encapsulated in Vitruvian Principle and Principle of Taoist Economy that provides a Methodology for the Integration of The Science of Mathematics, The Mathematics of Insurance and the Assurance of Mathematics based on Flow – Capital Flow and Flow Management Systems through Governance and Support, Software and IT, Accounting and Auditing and Financial Services. Conclusion A new generation of financial products and services based on Safe Haven Investment, backed up by Insurance Guarantee with Enterprise Support and Career Support services available by subscription and licensed to design principle, education, qualification, technical validation, kite-mark and consumer protection complete the picture of what is required for Stable State Governance based on Stable State Economics to realize Stable State Prosperity through appropriate management of Stable State Currency – Fid: Def – through a move to Recognise That which is Of Value through a move known otherwise as The Reversal of Gresham’s Law or Green New Deal.

First, let us say what Terra Firma Economics is not. It is not a subset of general economics or general economic theory. Terra Firma Economics is above all else an understanding and a methodology. It is an understanding of the dynamic set of relationships that we call economic activity. It is an understanding based on observation, value, experience, analysis, experiment and scrutiny â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Terra Firma is based on holistic awareness and systemsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thinking. Thus, as a methodology, it is extremely robust and capable of multiple versions of local variation based on local conditions and culture, As an understanding, Terra Firma is based on the observation that for those of use who are not truly self-subsistent, we exchange things of value, conveniently money, in return for the things of value that we need and do not produce ourselves: food, drink, clothing, shelter and energy to keep our houses warm. Terra Firma is based on the understanding that we need these needs to be met to stay alive. From this basic requirement flows the observation that people value that which enables them to meet daily needs, to participate in meaningful activity, to participate in community. As a methodology Terra Firma places value on the goods and services that allow this process to take place, with minimum effort and maximum reward. Terra Firma Economics is founded on an understanding of the complex web of interrelated interdependence that comprise human economic activity â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Terra Firma has its roots. not in reductive analysis, but in epistemic science, specifically holistic science that sees the individual within an holistic perspective of meaningful economic activity that has as its end whole person development and work-life balance. Terra Firma Economics draws a distinction between the needs of the individual and the economic activity needed to meet those needs, and the needs of a corporation. If one asked an individual what he or she needed, the reply would be to eat and drink, to be safe, to engage in meaningful activity, to participate in community, to be sustained in this pursuit of happiness and to do so with good health. This, the basis of economic activity is realised by those who know how to sustain this process. When this process is not sustained then the economic life of the individual or the wider community meets with instability. This is the heart of sustainability. Our ability to prosper is evidenced by our ability to sustain others. Our stability of earning is evidenced by our capacity to support the needs of others; this is "Sustain-Ability". The need of a corporation is very different from the need of an individual.

The need of a corporation is to make as much money in the shortest possible time and distribute that profit to shareholders as rapidly and regularly as possible. All expenditure and effort to realise that end is simply a necessary expense to fulfil the need of the bottom line. The needs of executive staff are the same, only to divert that reward to themselves as part of a deal with shareholders. When we put it like this we see that there is inherent instability and risk in this agenda, for it is at odds with the reality of the fundamental nature of the sustainable economic relationship. The instability that we see in financial markets, stock market turmoil and credit crunch are evidence of the fact that so called economic imperatives are at odds with the terra firma reality of the need for sustainable activity. Those who ignore economic reality thus meet with the penalty of systemic dysfunction and collapse. Loan bailouts and financial assistance to stricken banks characterise short term measures and are not evidence of addressing root cause. Terra Firma Economics recognises that one seed can produce a thousand seeds when planted in fertile soil. When an enterprise partner can produce such abundance it makes sense to respect that productive relationship. Terra Firma Economics lends itself to Green Economics, specifically economics that addresses the needs of the individual to sustain and be sustained by the community, in dependence of earth systems, living systems: clean air, clean water, fertile soil. All these systems are not traditionally seen as part of an economic equation. In fact, without fertile soil food could be neither produced nor sold. Let us make it clear. The bankers who manage to lose billions of pounds on poor loans or make billions of pounds in selling poor loans do not have an insufficient grasp of economic theory. They understand theory very well. However, understanding theory does not give one the ability to manipulate reality; share prices and loan paybacks are the result of not only human decisions but also the aggregates of those decisions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; over which the best economic theories have no control! Thus, Terra Firma Economics differs from other predictive models. The earth we live on, terra firma, is not "another resource"; it is the basis for all economic activity and the source of all prosperity. Our failure to respect the natural systems that we depend on for survival makes investment in corporations decidedly unstable. Luckily there are some really practical solutions for all investors who may be concerned by the long-term stability of their investments: Opportunity exists to conserve earth resources for future generations. The smart money is in education and conservation projects, and at the same time wealth creation through microfinance and microfranchise. Investors can invest in sustainable scale economies â&#x20AC;&#x201C; risk can be diversified in the way that conventional world market risk-takers dare not even approach.

Human-scale enterprise and human-scale agriculture are already widely supported through the mechanism of Social Enterprise micro-credit and micro-franchise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in partnership with socially responsible projects that help eradicate poverty. Consider the scale of the enterprise you invest in. Human-scale enterprises are intrinsically sustainable. Energy projects that harness natural power can find customers for their output, provided that wealth creation projects are in place so people can afford clean renewable energy. If you ran a business that offered a product or service that customers could not afford, do you think you would stay very long in business? However if your business was able to draw on huge bank loans and share capital, and your customers received loans and subsidies to buy your product, then the reality of the situation may be deferred to a later day of reckoning. Not that there is anything intrinsically unstable about having debt. Many of us use debt and proper debt management as a way to work towards greater prosperity, support our-selves, and our dependents and contribute to community. Debt, like many aspects of life, has twin aspects â&#x20AC;&#x201C; positive benefits and a dark side. The dark side of debt is where the people who lend the money do not see it paid back; that is unfortunate. When creditors are left unpaid, the knock-on effects can be felt further afield. The dark vortex of debt is where both the shareholder and the person who took the loan, loses everything. This is not just sad, but tragic; loss of livelihood can perpetuate poverty and deprivation for communities. Banks who lend on security face no risk at all; thus, banks can be party to unstable practice, where the shareholder who makes the investment can bear financial risk. In a sense, we are less in control of our prosperity as we would like to believe; For many of us our fortunes are tied to the stability of an employer. The banks that hold our money, the customers we rely on, the government to whom we pay taxes, and the companies we invest in. Think about it, in a debt-dependent culture, all debt depends on the health and fitness of the debtor to service the loan. That is something over which we have entirely no control. When employer, bank, investment manager or government behave "less than responsibly" then the economic game becomes ever-more risky, inevitably we pay for their mistakes.

If you want to research how to evaluate investment, you have a choice: follow your head, do the analysis based on the fundamentals or follow your heart (according to wish-fulfilment). It is your choice. Making this choice may require a firm sense of evaluating the long term stability of the underlying economic conditions. To help you make that judgment we recommend the work Money for Nothing – Financial Fantasies and the Economics of The Future by Roger Bootle. See "Roger Bootle" on Google. That’s the principle. In practice, Economic Understanding evidences itself in the spending and investment decisions we make. More about that later... Because we live in a web of interdependent economic relations our progress in this web of dependency – our economic fortunes – depend on our actions, our choices – this is our economic activity. The rewards and the proof of our economic decisions are entirely based on our values and our ability to read the road ahead. Does that sound abstract? In fact it is very practical; the tune that you play depends, in part, on your ability to read the music. The game of chess you play, depends on your ability to read the situation and apply some basic principles. If you want to develop this skill, take a look at the example of Richard Branson or Warren Buffet. It is by Reading the Marketplace that these people can amass large fortunes. You can learn to appraise the nature and flow of energy and meaning that comprises economic activity. The seminar programme is available by invitation. By failing to read the marketplace, people can run the risk of losing their entire investment, and run the risk of losing all they own. The History of Bankrupts is littered with cases of not only of unsustainable practice but evidence of the living proof of "dyslexia in the marketsquare". 1. We offer a match-making service between investors and Social Entrepreneurs with a sustainable enterprise model seeking investment. 2. We broker partnerships and alliances with those who seek to attract sustainable enterprise to their town, city or region. 3. For those who want to invest, sponsor or support sustainable communities we offer opportunity that includes Sustainable Community Initiatives run by Social Enterprises. 4. We offer courses for those who want to study with us, appraise evaluate and develop the protocol to attract inward investment to your municipality or region. 5. For those who want to study with us, you can prepare for an independent career as a coach, mentor or advisor. 6. This is suitable for professionals who may be asked to give investment advice in the course of providing a service – e.g. an accountant or lawyer.

Our method is based on the work of Muhammad Yunus, economist, Social Entrepreneur, Nobel Prize Winner and Founder of Grameen Bank. Social Enterprise combines the best of both worlds of business and philanthropy. By allowing philanthropic principles inform enterprise the result is a truly successful sustainable business with a social conscience. This is Social Enterprise. Grameen Enterprises are now the single largest tax payer in Bangladesh, tackling social issues and the causes of poverty by delivering education and clean water in ways that are rewarding, and environmentally responsible. These are the benefits of responsible lending. Irresponsible lending deepens poverty by imposing financial conditions without regard to the realities of human experience and ability to repay the loan can lead to catastrophic failure when this practice is widespread. Witness the failure of Northern Rock as evidence of the credit crunch and the systemic failure to address the realities of asset management. One of the fundamentals of investment prosperity depends on evaluating risk scenarios that can be subject to instability when confidence evaporates. Businesses that are predicated on exploiting Man and Nature are inherently unstable, as opposed to those that serve the needs of end users and work with Nature, harvest Nature rather than treat Nature as a resource to be manipulated and controlled. As an example of unsustainable business is the practice of selling seed to impoverished farmers as is now practised in some parts of the world. Genetically modified seed creates toxin and lack of fertility, crop failure and ultimately dysfunction of agriculture with the loss of livelihood for the farmer â&#x20AC;&#x201C; entire communities can be blighted in this way. Such practice is not sustainable, especially when seed customers are not only losing their business, but committing suicide at the rate of one every eight hours as a direct result of economic exploitation, mis-selling, disinformation and financial abuse. The bottom line is that there are alternatives to economic practices that perpetuate social and climate injustice. These strategies are the domain of the Social Entrepreneur for those who want to invest on a sustainable basis, without exposure to the risk of economic devastation to those on whose oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prosperity ultimately depends. The answer lies in ethical investment that is available to the community of ethically responsible investors. The ethical route is available to members of The Hub Community of Social Entrepreneurs and their guests. Microfinance and micro-franchise are components of ensuring sustainable investment strategy

“That which is forced, or misunderstood, can never be beautiful”. Xenophon New Directions Foundation We specialise in Farm Africa Initiatives - SHEER Resilience Africa – Sanitation – Healthcare – Energy – Education & Resilience in Regeneration. Euro-African Renaissance KB (Knowledge Bank) is available through Creative Commons Licence through the Open Source Technology-Transfer Portal that we make available to participating Faculties that want to engage in Knowledge Economy for Europe and Africa – funded by East-West Finance Partnership. We support interest in: cultural heritage, local economy, low-carbon lifestyle, eco-living, Open Society and resilience in local economy – with the focus on skill-share and opportunity for all. We specialise in European-Asian Finance for Social Investment. www.marketfocusreports.wordpress.com. Our CPD Programme – Eunomia – Volumes I-VIII comprises: A Governor’s Handbook for Governance. The CPD Programme covers: Finance, Accounting, Law, Administration, Management, Economy, Banking and Insurance – Political Economy, Political Ecology, Fair Trade & Political Science. We work with individuals and professionals, community groups and community members, with special interest in EDUCATION and language, from the point of view of PPE – Philosophy, Politics and Economics with regards to: Conservation – Housing – Education – Energy – Technology – Agriculture – Healthcare. The CHEEETAH Agreement is available for Investors and Stakeholders in the Eco-polis – Agro-polis Model of World Future Council – according to UN Habitat Programme.

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“That which is forced, or misunderstood, can never be beautiful”. Xenophon We work with individuals and groups, and welcome those who want to deliver local economy services in the context of Social Enterprise or Social Finance, as a co-op, CIC or IPS. See Institute of Strategic Affairs.pdf Blueprint for a Green City Green spaces – Conservation: species protection and habitat protection For an example of successful local economy groups around growing food, gardening and development of Green Spaces – come and visit us in Bristol. See: Eastside Roots and Bristol Green Capital. Farmers and landowners If you want to set up your own vegetable box scheme or turn over a part of your land for community-supported agriculture – we can help plan and develop a programme around community engagement. See: Better Food Company. Farmers and landowners who want to add a revenue stream to their farm or estate are invited to contact us directly and access the Landowners’ Extranet – made available under Creative Commons license to those who own or manage the countryside. We especially welcome conservationists and those with a commitment to local food production for local people. We can develop markets for local food, working in accord with the principles and practice of: 

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We hear a lot about endangered species these days. Loss of habitat, pesticides, soil depletion, industrialised agriculture, global warming and climate change all contribute to a culture where corporate control of our food lies with supermarkets, GM companies, technocrats and absent bureaucrats, all determined by blind forces of consumption beyond control. What happens when appetite runs unchecked? The answer is ill-health. st

The business opportunity for 21 Century is the Repair Business - repair to damaged eco-systems and repair to damaged lives – damage wreaked by the havoc that drink, drugs and deprivation have as a cumulative effect on individuals and their families when societal support systems fail. Repair & Recycle – Salvage – Clean & Grow. The planet’s life-support systems are threatened with toxicity through the degradation of natural water systems, pollution, waste, pesticides and urban development. The plundering of natural habitat, home to the great species means that those at both ends of the food chain are threatened with extinction. Conservation has never been more pressing. More than a matter of stewardship or sound management – more urgent than that – conservation has become a matter of survival, as well as an issue of providing the capacity to feed ourselves. With population growth at an ever-increasing rate the land and the planetary life support systems – clean air, fresh water and fertile soil are threatened. The capacity to grow food for oneself and one’s family, and to sell the surplus is the basis of civilised life- enabling the individual to contribute in a meaningful way to community and society at large. This much the Sumerians knew, and their government and taxcollection systems were founded on such stability. It is man who is now the endangered species – not through being in a minority – but by being in the unstable state of not being in a position to address the needs of life. The need to respond to save the lungs of the world and safeguard the health of people and nature is The Amazon Imperative. The smart money is in the repair business – re-use, re-cycle, repair, “detox”, process; plant or discard. We work with Conservation Charities and NGOs to provide projects that: 1. Conserve Natural Habitat 2. Provide a secure livelihood for local people 3. We work with local authorities to attract stable inward investment for urban-rural synergy. We work with Fauna-Flora, RSPB, Marine Conservation Council, A Roche, Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, Royal Society of the Arts and British Terra Madre. A twin approach is called for. 1. In terms of education – a mind-set is called for to recognise the switch from “Extractive Mode” – the Strategy of the Opportunist – to “Supportive Mode” - Cultivation, Protection, Stewardship.

2. This switch in attitude marks the distinction between those who plunder – “get what you can, while you can” - and those who lead a responsible lifestyle founded on addressing the real needs of the situation, leadership – shown through the ability to deal with - de-risk or address an otherwise unpredictable array of hazards, both natural and man-made. To respond to the sea-change we work with a number of leading conservation and climate change organisations to help them a) Generate revenues b) Deliver learning opportunity c) Safeguard livelihoods We do this through Conservation and Community Regeneration projects that support skill-share, eradicate poverty and contribute to resilience in local economy through people living in tune with the needs of the land and in defence of People and Nature. A Greener Future Introducing the values of Resurgence Trust – See: “New Renaissance” by Maurice Ash. We introduce you to four NGOs to provide stable future outcomes for individuals and their families to adjust to the st changes that the 21 Century brings. We work with Royal Agricultural College, Grow Africa, New Directions Foundation and African Seed Capital Fund to alternately invest for change, realise stable self-governing systems, grow food and conserve natural habitat – doing all three at once – work that would be beyond the scope of any one organisation on its own. We adopt a considered approach to taking the diplomatic and regulatory issues that surround capacity building, local accountability and developing resilience in local economy. We work with ethical sector sponsors and education providers in building the support services and realising the capacity and networks for sustainable community and development of social capital. We work with central and local government to create the conditions for eradication of poverty and tackling inner city urban deprivation through the twin aims of urban conservation, skill share and re-skilling. We work with local land partners on Community Supported Agriculture to produce food for local markets in the urban hinterland. See Sustainable Cities – by Herbert Girardet. We create the conditions for inward investment in the areas of research and Green Technology – Community Owned Renewable Energy, natural power and social capital through knowledge transfer and links with the Converging World.

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Transition Network As we enter a world of less certain economic predictability, credit crisis, peak oil and climate change, with its attendant concerns around crop failure, drought and economic refugees, it may help to take a look at the concepts that allow us to deal with pressing issues. Sustainability is often described as the response to excessive energy consumption that calls for outputs to be matched by inputs, greater energy efficiency, hence less wasted heat and reduced “carbon footprint”.

It is not clear how recommended energy reduction and fuel savings on their own can bring about the kind of capacity building, community engagement and development of social capital that means less dependence on fossil fuels (global economy) and increased self-sufficiency (local economy) that characterises a robust and stable self-governing political and economic system. Climate change, with its attendant crop failures, drought and economic migration is so far-reaching and so potentially de-stabilising in it consequences that it threatens potentially greater threat than terrorism, pollution and environmental degradation combined.

It may help to take a look at what resilience means, and what it can add to our understanding in a way that “sustainability”, on its own, leaves us wondering. The Transition Response to Peak Oil and climate change, with its advocacy for building resilience in local economy is not just about consuming less energy; it is about responding appropriately with both timely awareness and responsibility, deploying appropriate technology to address issues that affect us all. Resilience is evidenced by three factors: 1. Diversity – being informed by the needs of the system, rather than just reacting to what immediately presents 2.

Modularity – not exactly “self-sufficiency” but increased self-reliance, with focus on energy security and food security through provision of local supply and access to local energy through what can be called: “community renewables”.

3. Feedback – feedback loops enable a capacity to learn, modify, adapt and continuously improve.

The shift from over-dependence on unreliable and insecure sources of energy, food and power demand a learning capability combined with the means to ensure re-skilling and skills transfer with attendant opportunity for all. Robustness and independence are features of local economy resilience that are the outcome of fine-tuning the adaptive response that accompanies continuous improvement

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Cultural renewal and renewable energy

The skill that this demands is not just an increased degree of self-reliance but a cultural response of paying attention to, and taking care of, human, natural and cultural resources. Realising local responsibility can come about through taking responsibility for local decisions and initiatives in preference to continual dependence on absent, distant bureaucratic administrations with their own immediate mandate, organisational agenda, political constraints and budgetary pressures. Thus, an interest in: community regeneration, renewable energy and cultural renewal can assist positive outcomes for those who are looking for a basis on which to plan future prosperity, on the basis of achieving desirable long-term outcomes founded on practical, informed and aware choices.

The next step Tempo Justo – an Italian concept in work-life balance Those who graduate or who are in career transition can achieve advantage by attending to situate their careers or enterprise ambitions within the context of local (stable, selfreliant) economy, evidenced by social enterprise or Cultural Enterprise rather than needlessly expose themselves to global risks (less stable and less predictable). The twin goals of Conservation & Education Futures’ thinking means developing the ability to look at quality of life factors: community, health, relationships, recreation, location and career security rather than making choices simply in terms of immediate pay and quantity of cash. An invitation to explore Cultural Enterprise Cultural perspective on sustainable enterprise means developing awareness around rewarding career choice, considering issues of: job stability, work variety and the ability to realise opportunity.

Opportunity is had by learning how to decode the situation, “reading the marketplace” in such a way as can enable career planning and realising the capacity for the effective response. See: Leadership in Sustainability CPD. We work with Heinrich Boll Foundation - to provide Eco-polis & Agro-polis consultancy for planning and developers and local authorities.

“That which is forced, or misunderstood, can never be beautiful”. Xenophon Do you have experience of public service and now want to orient a future around connection with the land, farming, technology and defence? Or have you held office in Civil, diplomatic or military service? Do you have an interest in economics and commercial ecology? Do you seek to develop influence through relationships in such a way that brings out the best of people and circumstance through working in the interests of conservation and heritage? We are inviting selected guests to a selected retreat venue. The eight-part series 1. “Money never sleeps”. What this means for Western economy 2. Wall Street – its contribution to economic stability 3. Harvesting human talent – a utilitarian approach 4. The conditions of prosperity – wealth creation (Principles Of) 5. Wealth creation (Practice Of). 6. Asset management. Investment appraisal. 7. Accountability. Transparency. Stable Governance. Trust. 8. In Defence of People & Nature. Jobs v. Livelihoods. We welcome members of: Country Landowners’ Association, The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Friends of The Earth, Terra Madre, Resurgence Trust and Schumacher Society. The context of the Retreat 1. De-coding the past – cultivating an awareness of history and civilisation – human development – in the context of man’s relationship with The Horse in history. The political and societal forces that have since early times shaped the way we now live our lives. 2. Re-aligning our ways of life – the bridge between tradition, modernity and the future in the context of the relationships between man and woman, our animals, land, family, clan and Nature. 3. Modern-day realities – de-coding economics and politics in the context of de-risking complexity. 4. Money, Sex, War & Karma – The Story of Civilisation: Risk & Enterprise 5. Reputation and accurate perception: their rewards and their payback 6. Luck – is luck a) what you make of it or b) what it makes of you? 7. Good fortune – how to cultivate it.

“To know what is going on, takes sense; to know what to do, takes wisdom”.

“That which is forced, or misunderstood, can never be beautiful”. Xenophon Appropriate use of land and technology For those who want to deepen their understanding of culture, civilisation and the call to diplomacy we welcome those who seek to deepen and practice their understanding of the classics of strategy and protocol. We discuss the relevance of coherent strategy to work simultaneously across all four specialisations of: diplomacy, international co-operation, sustainable resource management and investment leadership. Swords to Ploughshares Do you want to deepen your understanding of stewardship and strategy for the safeguarding of our countryside heritage, farms, estates, woodlands and land assets for future generations? The seminar is solely available by invitation and enables you to develop your own critique of military strategy based on the work by Sun Tzu, known both as The Art of War and The Art of Strategy. “Swords to ploughshares” enables those interested in being of influence to articulate their response to the challenges of the times we live in. We reference the life and experience of Morihei Ueshiba – soldier, Sensei and founder of Aikido. Films Adam Curtis – The Power of Nightmares - The Century of The Self – The Trap Why We Fight – Eugene Eurecki The Fog of War – Lessons from the Life of Robert McNamara – Errol Morris Reading List A Little History of The World - E.H. Gomberich The State We’re In – Will Hutton The Upside of Down – Catastrophe, Creativity and The Renewal of Civilization by Thomas F. Homer-Dixon Guns, Germs & Steel – Jared Diamond The Breaking of Nations - Robert Cooper Road to Riches – Peter Jay The Collapse of Globalism – John Ralston Saul The Shambhala Handbook – Chogyam Trumpa Zen and The Art of Civilization – by Marcus Incledon-Webber The Art of Strategy – Sun Tzu Essays on the History of Consciousness – Jeremy Naydler “To know what is going on, takes sense; to know what to do, takes wisdom”.

“That which is forced, or misunderstood, can never be beautiful”. Xenophon Informing Policy Risk & Enterprise – a cultural perspective Utilitarianism – J.S. Mill Economics As If People Mattered – E.F.Schumacher Stable State Economics Capitalist Modernity Stable State Governance Some words from the Tao Te Ching The court is corrupt The fields are overgrown with weeds The granaries are empty Yet there are those dressed in fineries With swords at their side Filled with food and drink And possessed of too much wealth This is known as taking the lead in robbery Far indeed is this from the way.

“To know what is going on, takes sense; to know what to do, takes wisdom”.