John Ikerd
How Should We Then Live?
First, I am not actually trying to tell anyone how they should live their lives. I think each of us should first decide how we think the...
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John Ikerd
- Feb 24
- 4 min
Racism and Reparation Revisited
The American economy is built on a foundation of genocie, slavery, and racial and gender discrimination. The same has been true of every...
John Ikerd
- Jan 23
- 3 min
The National Debt Deception--Continued
The U.S. is again on the brink of economic default. The right-wing Republicans in the House of Representatives are refusing to raise the...
John Ikerd
- Dec 23, 2022
- 4 min
Christmas Reflections–2022
I haven’t shared my Christmas reflections for the past few years. Christmas should be a time of celebration, and there just didn’t seem...
John Ikerd
- Oct 12, 2022
- 4 min
Social Principles of Sustainability
We humans are social beings and we need social relationships within families, friendships, and communities to meet our mental and...
John Ikerd
- Oct 4, 2022
- 4 min
Ecological Principles of Sustainability
Sustainable economies must be guided by the fundamental principles or laws of nature. Since economies are subsets of societies and...
John Ikerd
- Aug 13, 2022
- 4 min
Beloved Economies -- A Review
Beloved Economies: Transforming How We Work By Jess Rimington and Joanna L. Cea If you work for a for-profit or nonprofit organization...
John Ikerd
- Jun 8, 2022
- 4 min
Typical Worldview of Sustainability
In my previous post, I related the “five stages of grief” to the stages of transition from an unsustainable to sustainable society. They...
John Ikerd
- Jan 10, 2022
- 4 min
WHY?
I spent much of the first thirty years of my early life preparing to be a scientist, a social scientist but nonetheless a scientist. I...
John Ikerd
- Nov 1, 2021
- 4 min
The Values of Sustainability
Everything eventually boils down to economics! How many times have we heard this assertion—as if it were settled truth? Farmers need an...
John Ikerd
- Sep 13, 2021
- 5 min
The National Debt Deception
"Government spending is out of control! We can’t afford new government programs to rebuild infrastructure, mitigate climate change, or...
John Ikerd
- Jun 12, 2021
- 6 min
Some Thoughts on Racism and Patriotism
I have been reluctant to write about political issues since the 2020 presidential election. I had hoped some of the bitterness and...
John Ikerd
- May 23, 2021
- 4 min
A Tribute to Elsie Herring
Elsie Herring was a friend! We weren’t close personal friends but professional friends who shared a sense of mutual respect and common...
John Ikerd
- Mar 25, 2021
- 6 min
Revelations of COVID-19—One Year Later
It has been a year now since COVID 19 was proclaimed a pandemic. Virtually everyone has experienced the disruption of the food system in...
John Ikerd
- Feb 21, 2021
- 5 min
Why Do We Need a Farm Bill?
Why do we need a “Farm Bill”? Farmers make up only 1.3% of the total U.S. population and even less than 10% of the population of counties...
John Ikerd
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
Four Years to Regroup
The election of 2020 is finally over. Yes, it is over. Joe Biden won and Donald Trump lost. This conclusion was not reached quickly or...
John Ikerd
- Oct 13, 2020
- 76 min
The American Covenant -- Collection of 12 Essays
This series of short essays makes a compelling case for returning the U.S. to the long, difficult journey toward "a more perfect union."
John Ikerd
- Sep 27, 2020
- 8 min
Can We Afford a New Bill of Rights?
How can the U.S. government pay the economic costs of fulfilling its responsibility to secure liberty and justice for all?
John Ikerd
- Sep 18, 2020
- 8 min
Reaffirming the American Covenant
If our democratic republic survives the November election, it will still not survive unless we reaffirm the American Covenant with God.
John Ikerd
- Sep 3, 2020
- 7 min
"Make Us A King"
In democracies, the people consent to common values to guide government. In a monarchy, the individual values of the "king" are supreme.
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