Michael Phillips (born 1938) is a published author of eleven books and a founder of the
Briarpatch Network. As a banker in 1967 he organized
Mastercard. Phillips was president of the
Point Foundation in 1973; Point was created with money from the
Whole Earth Catalog
The ''Whole Earth Catalog'' (WEC) was an American counterculture magazine and product catalog published by author Stewart Brand several times a year between 1968 and 1972, and occasionally thereafter, until 1998.
The magazine featured essays ...
. Writing for the CoEvolution Quarterly in 1976 he was the first person to suggest random selection of legislators and co-authored the first book on the subject in 1985. Phillips has been an expert witness in more than a dozen public utility cases on behalf of major American minority organizations. From 1988 to 1998 he produced and hosted the national public radio program Social Thought. He is also a pro-business blogger.
Books
*''The Seven Laws of Money'', Random House, 1974
*''Marketing Without Advertising'', Nolo Press 1984
*''Honest Business'', Random House 1982
*''Commerce'', Clear Glass Press, 2000
*''Simple Living Investments'', Clear Glass Publishing, 1982
External links
Web page on The Wellblog site
*Mastercard: Gifford Pinchot 198
References
1938 births
Living people
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