Independent confirmation

Any one who has read my series describing the relationship between ecosystems and economies knows how I think economies actually work:

Econology Part 1a: It's not the economy, Stupid; it's economics
 
Econology Part 1b: The depth and breadth of economies

Econology Part 2: The ecology of economies

Econology Part 3: Eleven economics lessons from ecosystems

Econology Part 4: Emergent flaws of Capitalism (1, 2)

 Econology Part 5: The Next Economy

A major conclusion is that the currency of change/evolution in ecosystems/economies is genetic information/information. Thus, the take home message is that control of information underpins the concentration of power in economies. The types of 'economic' policies proposed by policy makers, lobbyists and most economists don't address this; the only true reform of economic systems is essentially complete information transparency.

Not being an economist, I have very little background knowledge on which to draw support for my thesis and the mainstream economic thinking discussed in the media completely counter my ideas. But just recently, I came across a video series where an Australian economist, Peter Drahos, describes the impact of ever tighter control of intellectual property on the larger economy... and much of what he says concurs with my reasoning - Yes! If you can spare the time, it's worth a listen/view.