Great concepts and much more complete and telling measures than our current system. Sounds similar to the remarkable work of Riane Eisler in The Real Wealth of Nations just recently released.

We have an opportunity and within it challenges - the question: are we collectively up for it?

Socrates once said, "an unexamined life isn't worth living". Perhaps the same is true of a country? A bit of reflection among all of us in the United States, especially policymakers is in order? When does the oppressed become the oppressor? At what point does one country's freedom become another's imprisonment? When do our rights square up with our responsibilities? Where do we create room for dialogue and deliberation before we debate and decide?

I am reminded of a beautiful Native American teaching ... "That which enables disables. And that which disables enables." --Paula Underwood