A massive banking collapse is coming — and the cause isn’t speculation this time. It’s climate change. Uninsurable homes mean worthless mortgages, and worthless mortgages
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Are companies carbon insolvent?
The truth is stark: companies are hiding the real cost of the net-zero transition. Without honest accounting, capital is misallocated, pensions are at risk, and
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Sustainable cost accounting at UCL today
One of my pleasures in life these days is not travelling nearly as much as I used to. The only way in which this blog
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Might Zak Polanski provide a moment (or more) of hope?
Zack Polanski has emphatically won the Green Party leadership with over 20,000 votes, compared to fewer than 4,000 for his rivals. As readers here will
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Which economy should we manage, and why?
The UK doesn’t just have one economy: it has three. They are the real economy, the sustainable economy, and the monetary economy. However, the government
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Famine, food, neoliberalism and choices that need to be made
In an important report on recent trends in famines published in the Financial Times last night, the following was noted: For decades, the number of people
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Poles, power and politcal economy
Maybe because I have been thinking about nuance and black and white thinking, I have been taking pictures in black and white. I have been
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Could 2008 happen again?
This is from the FT this morning: Almost three-quarters of HSBC’s Hong Kong commercial property loan book was flashing warning signs by the end of
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Toblerone, tariffs, and Trump’s chaos
Donald Trump has slapped a 39% tariff on Toblerone from Switzerland – but this isn’t really about chocolate. It’s about a dangerous trade war targeting
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