Which 'stock' is worth more-that of a single corporation, or that of the world? Claus Windelev's stunning look at ethics in the world today begins with the premise that unethical practices create an insurmountable impediment to the task of raising the standard of living for all but a few elitists and politically connected persons. From there, he addresses a range of topics including recent scandals in sports, the energy industry, and insider trading, always asking the question: Can we be better people? How? If anyone can answer that question, it is Claus Windelev, in this groundbreaking...

The book, "Common Sense" is written in an attempt to bring some sanity to this increasingly complicated society. Whereas we started with a number of tribes and from there built a powerful united multicultural society, we seem to be reaching a critical mass, where we appear to be divided again along tribal lines. This fragmentation is in large part caused by the disappearance of old time tried behavioral norms as well as lack of common sense. Subjects such as politics, education, environment and sex are used to emphasize the huge chasm between current practice and common sense. We still have...

Claus Windelev is taking a critical look at many of the conflicting and at times divisive practices, which seem to have removed the concepts of common sense from public and private discourse. Claus Windelev asks the hard question, whether we as a nation still have the collective will and endurance to tackle the apparent breakdown of civil discourse and the destructive consequences of an "everything goes" mentality. The fissures of this great nation with its hardliners and distaste for compromise and cooperation could otherwise lead to serious national dysfunction. The threat to the fabric of...