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"It is a privilege to work from home and therefore lessen one’s risk of being exposed to the virus. Racialized people living in low...

The climate crisis as seen by the economics mainstream

Mainstream economics frames the climate crisis in a particular way but this approach is not at all helpful. There have been a variety of...

Ireland’s Climate Case: events on Jan 17, 18, 19 and public hearing starting on...

Lots of events coming up soon relating to Climate Case Ireland: 'Message to the Earth' at Fumbally Stables, Jan 17; Poster-making evening at Patagonia,...

Father’s Day Thoughts on Star Wars, Religion, and Basic Income 

Mike Sandler draws on the work of linguist George Lakoff to argue that "maybe it’s time to rethink the conventional wisdom received from our...

Podcast: economic and political aspects of enough

In the second podcast of our series Bridging the Gaps, David Somech of the EHFF and ethicists Richard Turnbull and Henk Den Uijl discuss...

Mental Health, Isolation and Lockdowns

Brian Davey reflects from his past experience about the impact that self isolation is likely to have on the mental health of many people.

Conspiracies, theories of conspiracy theories and the limits to growth (part 2)

Part 2 A theory of “conspiracy theories” and “conspiracy theorists”? Return to Part 1Go to Part 3 “They who have put out the people’s eyes, reproach...

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"I see the shadow of a proper economy everywhere....decayed towns and villages, drained by corporate retail park, entirely oil-powered suburbia and the falsely-egalitarian call...

The global economy is too big

This short talk given by Brian Davey at the Nottingham Green Festival on September 15 2019 explains why the future economy will need to...

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