How to Identify the Independent, Pro-Decentralization Team and Keep Conflicts of Interest at Arm’s Length

Catherine Austin Fitts, Solari Report: One of our hallmarks at the Solari Report is the care we take to identify guests, experts, and allies of high integrity. Out of the relatively large pool of potential contributors, one of our principal filters is to try to ascertain whether someone is aligned with what I call, as a shorthand, the “Decentralizing Universe” (DU) versus the “Centralizing Universe” (CU). People in the DU are loyal to an independent vision that typically is decentralizing—embracing individual freedom and economic activities that are fundamentally productive. Ideally, they have found a way to support themselves independent of large corporations, governments, and foundations. People in the CU, in contrast, are loyal to a leadership that is centralizing power and money at the expense of individual, local, and national sovereignty, and which perpetuates a negative-return-on-investment (“tapeworm”) economy. Typically, their financial incentives create conflicts of interest.”

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Mark Skidmore is Professor of Economics at Michigan State University where he holds the Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy. His research focuses on topics in public finance, regional economics, and the economics of natural disasters. Mark created the Lighthouse Economics website and blog to share economic research and information relevant for navigating tumultuous times.

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