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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] He is also a pro-business blogger.^[4]

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (July 2022)

• 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

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• Mastercard: Gifford Pinchot 1986