Why “Green Growth” Is an Illusion
Wishful thinking and tinkering like “green growth” won’t cut it. Nothing short of a mass mobilization for deep de-carbonization across the global economy can avert the looming climate catastrophe.
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Brexit: More Unicorns
The Brexit situation has developed not necessarily to the advantage of Theresa May.
Read more...George Herbert Walker Bush and the Myth of the ‘Good’ Gulf War
Correcting revisionist history about Bush the Senior and the first Gulf War.
Read more...Brexit: May Bloodied but Not Yet Bowed
Theresa May continues to exhibit her remarkable capacity for taking punishment. Too bad it’s not for good ends.
Read more...Brexit: Coming to a Head?
The latest take on the increasingly frantic Brexit state of play.
Read more...Decades of Denial and Stalling Have Created a Climate Crunch
Two-week UN climate change summit kicks off in Poland, to flesh out details of the 2015 Paris Accord. Politicians have dithered about what action to take, in part diverted by the disinformation spread by fossil fuel companies.
Read more...Brexitonomics
A short discussion of why economists’ efforts to model the impact of Brexit leave a lot to be desired.
Read more...American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall: Rise in Suicides, Overdose Deaths the Big Culprit
America’s falling life expectancy is a symptom of rising social distress.
Read more...Breaking Down What Climate Change Will Do, Region by Region
A brief recap of the newly-released Federal report on climate change.
Read more...How Economists Impede Addressing Climate Change
Earth to economists: you are a big part of the climate change problem.
Read more...Brexit Is an Issue Too Deep To Go Away: It Will Be the Theme of English Politics for Decades to Come
Musings about what Brexit will mean to the British people.
Read more...Moscow & NATO Playing a ‘Dangerous Tit-For-Tat Game’ in the Ukraine
The Ukraine-Russia row heats up again.
Read more...White House Doubles Down On Coal Despite New Climate Report
Yet more official climate change denialism…
Read more...Brexit: More Thrashing About
Expect Brexit craziness to get even worse.
Read more...Brexit: Even More Confusion
Brexit politics have become even more deranged.
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