Economics
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World Energy Outlook 2009 Report Released, as Senior IEA Employees Blow Whistle
The IEA’s latest report is released, just as two whistleblowers from amongst their own senior staff rail against their oil…
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Federal Reserve Chairman Admits Agency is Above the Law and the President
Those that read and enjoyed such posts as The Crash Course and Money as Debt will understand the significance of,…
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Carbon Trading in Action
An ‘ethical travel agent’, the Independent tells us today, goes ethical, deciding that getting customers to pay a little extra…
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The Mathematics that Contemporary Economics Ignores
With all the talk of a new carbon economy and dreams of new sources of energy so we can continue…
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Our Global Ponzi Economy
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Our mismanaged world economy today has many of the characteristics of a Ponzi…
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The Demise of the Dollar
This is significant: In a graphic illustration of the new world order, Arab states have launched secret moves with China,…
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Are You Paying to Burn the Rainforest?
If you’re buying Brazilian beef, the answer is yes by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist,…
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The Population Myth
People who claim that population growth is the big environmental issue are shifting the blame from the rich to the…
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Heading into a Perpetual Recession
Last year I drew a stark charcoal outline around what I saw would be our future over the next few…
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Letters from Sri Lanka – The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, and the Ten Basic Needs
Part II of a series – If you haven’t already, read Part I before continuing. What do we really need?…
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures?
I just read how certain scientists are now describing geo-engineering options as ‘feasible‘. Sigh. As it has become increasingly obvious…
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Throwing Out the Throwaway Economy
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Piles of rubbish, and an incredible stench, border a main market street in…
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