Cursed to live in interesting times
Brian Davey connects the fall in the growth rate, with its roots in the rising costs of energy extraction and generation, to declining resilience...
Well-being in Scotland
Scotland’s National Performance Framework (NPF) was launched in 2007 and refreshed in 2011, 2016 and most recently in 2018. The National Performance Framework (NPF)...
The Climate Crisis and Economic Policy Choices
A major issue in climate economics is whether it is possible to halt the growth in carbon emissions and to achieve, instead, a rapid...
1 – Citizen Engagement in the Circular Economy
Following are my responses to the questions raised by the department (in italics below) for consideration as part of the first meeting:
Transition to a...
The role of innovative monetary policies in supporting a Green New Deal and a...
In this paper Deirdre de Búrca, who has been advocating a Green New Deal since 2009, discusses the politics and substance of such a...
Ideologies of credit creation
Graham Barnes identifies five sources of credit creation and suggests some ways in which we could privilege the most desirable ones and discourage the...
More Context For A Theory Of Change – Part 2
"The student climate strikers are actually asking us to face facts. They are giving us an opening to admit we were wrong and to...
Commentary on the UK Committee on Climate Change Report
Patrick Noble criticises the idea that climate change can be addressed primarily through technology and increased efficiency, without any need to make profound changes...
Lean Logic and Surviving the Future: Reviews by Mark Garavan
Lean Logic – A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive ItSurviving the Future – Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of...
From Ivory Tower to global problem solver – aligning academia to the Sustainable Development...
A significant portion of the American electorate is seemingly alienated from academia. Conspiracy theorists and talk (hate) radio have seemingly co-opted a portion of...