Inequality Isn’t a Moral Failure. It’s a Design Failure: Part II

Why Inequality Persists — and Why Total Wealth Planning Works Inequality is often framed as a failure of effort, intelligence, or morality.The evidence tells a quieter, more uncomfortable truth. People are not failing.Systems are misallocating human potential. This study on human capital and economic development shows that even when people are educated, skilled, and motivated, … Continue reading Inequality Isn’t a Moral Failure. It’s a Design Failure: Part II

Inequality Isn’t a Moral Failure. It’s a Design Failure.

Why Total Wealth Planners Are the Antidote — Without Ideology For decades, inequality has been argued as if it were a moral contest. One side says inequality is the price of growth.The other says inequality is proof the system is broken. Both miss the point. Inequality is not primarily a question of values.It is a … Continue reading Inequality Isn’t a Moral Failure. It’s a Design Failure.

Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys — What This Means for You

If you are dealing with a dispute, complaint, or legal process, you may already feel overwhelmed, mistrustful, or exhausted. This page is here to steady the ground, not to push you into action. You do not need to be a lawyer.You do not need to do anything differently today.This is about understanding, not escalation. Summary: … Continue reading Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys — What This Means for You

Britain’s Second Empire: How Cayman Law Is Being Used to Strip Billions from British Investors

And why the Crown can no longer pretend it has no responsibility “The soldiers left the colonies, but the bankers never did.”— The Spider’s Web For years, the phrase “Britain’s Second Empire” sounded conspiratorial to those who still believed imperial power ended with flags and gunboats. But the evidence is now too substantial to ignore. … Continue reading Britain’s Second Empire: How Cayman Law Is Being Used to Strip Billions from British Investors

From Human Capital to Human Flourishing

Why Total Wealth Planning Must Replace Individualised Finance For decades, mainstream economics — and by extension much of financial planning — has rested on a deceptively simple idea: People earn what they are worth because they are productive. This belief, known as human capital theory, is so embedded in modern thinking that it often goes … Continue reading From Human Capital to Human Flourishing

From Personal Significance to Collective Well-being

Why the Future of Prosperity Begins with How We Define a “Life Well Lived” For decades, society has measured success with blunt instruments. GDP.Asset values.Productivity metrics. Yet none of these tell us whether people are well, whether communities are coherent, or whether our systems are helping human potential unfold—or quietly exhausting it. A growing global … Continue reading From Personal Significance to Collective Well-being

Litigation Funding, Access to Justice, and the Risk of a False Binary

Why “David vs Goliath” Framing Is Not Enough By Steve ConleyAcademy of Life Planning When governments speak about access to justice, they often reach for a familiar story. David versus Goliath.Ordinary people versus powerful institutions.The little person finally getting their day in court. The government’s decision to reverse the impact of the PACCAR judgment has … Continue reading Litigation Funding, Access to Justice, and the Risk of a False Binary

Human Capital, Finology, and the Human-to-Human Economy

Extending the Vision of Financial Planning 3.0 “AI won’t replace planners. But planners who embrace AI — and truly understand human beings — will replace those who don’t.” Partha Iyengar recently left a comment on LinkedIn that stopped me in my tracks. He celebrated Human Capital and Human-to-Human Connections as the real drivers of progress … Continue reading Human Capital, Finology, and the Human-to-Human Economy

The Green Dividend: Why Human Capital Is the New Renewable

“The energy of the future is not stored in batteries or barrels—it’s stored in people.” As the world races toward a green energy future, most conversations still orbit around technology: solar panels, wind turbines, hydrogen, and storage systems. Yet, according to a 2024 study published in Academia Green Energy, the true catalyst of the energy … Continue reading The Green Dividend: Why Human Capital Is the New Renewable