Integral Economy

Today, capital ownership remains centrally controlled. The Protestant Reformation of the economy is about a transformation that provides an opportunity for everyone to earn income from the ownership of capital. An integral economy distributes capital ownership widely by reforming banking, taxation, the patent system, and through capital income accounts provided to everyone at birth.

Economically responsible individuals are nourished by personal institutions on the right wing of society and an ethical economic playing field by impersonal ethical institutions on the left wing. Both wings serve the head, which contains the collective wisdom of society.

The book covers money, banking, binary economics, corporations, taxes, capital distribution, and an economic path upward for everyone. It is complete with appendices that contain five bills ready to make the U.S. Economy integral: (1) Decentralized Banking and Currency Stability Act; (2) Shareholder Dividend and Corporate Tax Reform Act; (3) Patent Reform and Public Access Act; (4) Youth Civil Service and Economic Autonomy Act; and (5) Capital Income Act.

Gordon L. Anderson has a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Religion from Claremont Graduate University. He developed a broad understanding of social systems working with Morton A. Kaplan, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Chicago. This included organizing major conferences on the Soviet System (1985), the Chinese System (1987), and Liberal Democratic Societies (1989). As the President of Paragon House Publishers (1994- ), Anderson published a series of books on integral philosophy, including writings by Ken Wilber, Allan Combs, and Steve McIntosh. He also served as an adjunct professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. As Editor-in-Chief of International Journal on World Peace (1992-2021), Anderson edited articles related to governance, the economy, and society.

Anderson has related practical experience as chair of the finance committee of the University of Bridgeport, and as President of the Legislative Evaluation Assembly of Minnesota. He is a Vietnam veteran with three years in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Anderson earned a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. As an engineer, he built test equipment for U.S. Navy nuclear submarines and the U.S. Space Shuttle.