Press Release

Roquetaillade, France, 21 March 2005

(Read with a smile and critical scientific curiosity)

Re: A call to re-program the political-economic software

Dear Ms/Mr XXX,

The political-economic Decoy contradicts everything you have learned about economics. It describes the economy not as a means for individual prosperity, but rather as an individual means to benefit the quality of life for all. This pamphlet addresses today's self-destructive political-economic software, which conditions our minds. We need to replace it with a new, simplified economic foundation, based on co-operation and sharing. The pamphlet attempts to explain the following:

• Everyone is an entrepreneur
  (individualisation serves and enriches a diverse society)
• Profit is equal to Loss (in a larger perspective)
• The origins of Bureaucracy
  (the lever of 'profit on paper' in combination with market domination)
• The inefficiency and self-destruction of today’s economic system,
  nobody is in charge
• Governments lose more and more credibility
• The downfall of democracy (money decides and communicates, not people)
• The social-liberal delusion
• The urgent need for a new political-economic priority
• The urgent need for integrated entrepreneurship and integrated leadership
• The hypothesis of Christ’s return
• We need a lot of humour and compassion to reconquer (politically)
  ourselves and society
• The need for global localisation

The pamphlet's abstract simplicity can be very disturbing, but I'm convinced that those with an open and curious mind will find it interesting. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us. We may be able to answer them.
The French edition is now on sale. Bookshops and other interested organisations can order the pamphlet by email for €11 a copy.

For private sales in France, the pamphlet costs €11 plus €4 for postage. We can change the world, but only if we change the software of ‘modern times’. If we don't, we will be brought down along with its mechanisation.

Kind regards,

SARL Petit Château de Roquetaillade - Aveyron
Peter Hoopman
Roquetaillade
12490 MONTJAUX
France
info@leleurre.com - www.leleurre.com

The economy is nothing more than a prisoner's dilemma

PS: I am currently working on an essay which tries to unravel the economic paradox between individual and common economy. The individual economy does not want too much transparency, in order for it to keep its competitive edge. The common global economy works towards increasing transparency, which negatively impacts short-term individual profits. Today, the 500 largest companies are responsible for more than 75% of total global trade. We have never been so far away from the perfect competitive utopia. Will the 'individual economy' of businesses or the 'global economy' of increasing transparency win this battle? Regardless of the outcome, it is a lose-lose situation. Is there a solution to this paradox? Let's try to find one.