Michael Phillips

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. 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