Nobel Memorial Prize
The degrees of separation between a winner of this year’s Nobel memorial prize in economics and I are small enough to warrant mentioning. One degree...
‘Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World’ by Anand Giridharadas
Anand Giridharadas, an insider, punches holes through what he calls ‘MarketWorld’, the system of events, firms, thought leaders, philanthropists and policy makers who see market-based...
Ethical creep
It’s not the last ethical slip that gets you, it’s the first…. Ethical creep (my phrase) is the slow moving process that characterizes how most...
Quasi-circular economy or <1%, >60%, >80%
The thesis is that a circular economy will require growth in material consumption (primary and recycled materials) of less than 1%, a recycling rate greater...
Questions for Public Ownership of Renewable Energy in Queensland
What are some of the drivers for the call for public ownership of renewable energy? There are calls from a group for the Queensland Government to...