Arguing that food security management belongs to the core of government tasks and has been since Biblical times, we assess current practices in this domain and their effect on local governance, with special reference to the food aid operations of the World Food Program. Within the food security management task, we distinguish three basic elements: (i) entitlement: to provide income entitlements...

We live in revolutionary times, a revolution of global capitalism. Like most revolutions, this one is subject to fits and starts, advances and crises. Indeed we are meeting at a time of crisis. Your honoree tomorrow, Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, the world-respected leader of global finance, has responded to the crisis by calling for a new “Global Architecture.” I have to admit that I...

This is a Biblical application of the General Grand Unification Model (GGU-model). A general description is given for a strictly interpreted GGU-model produced Genesis 1 scenario.