I was interested to read an article by Richard Leonard, leader of the Labour group in the Scottish parliament, in the Scotsman today, calling for
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Investing in jobs and climate is key
From the Guardian: Your editorial (19 August) correctly points to the fact that the “money no problem” approach to tackling the short-term upheavals caused by coronavirus must
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When are we going to get a Green New Deal?
It’s very hard to disagree with this in The Guardian’s editorial this morning: Just over a decade ago, the UN secretary general and others urged a
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Real accounting for climate change is something that has to happen
I have already offered a video explanation of sustainable cost accounting this morning, and earlier this week I offered another video explanation of why the
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Sustainable cost accounting: a video explanation of how accounting needs to adapt to climate change
I mentioned my creation, sustainable cost accounting, which seeks to bring the costs of tackling climate change onto corporate balance sheets so that we are
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That stock markets are disconnected from reality is because our politicians, our central bankers and our financial elite are also wholly disconnected from that reality
The US stock market, as reflected by the S&P500 index, reached an all-time high yesterday. According to the FT: The S&P 500 index briefly rose
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Joe Biden is planning on a Green New Deal
According to the Financial Times: Joe Biden – armed with a commanding lead in the polls ahead of November’s US presidential election – now promises
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Will Nicola Sturgeon publicly reject the comments of her chief economic adviser on those who want a Green New Deal?
The Scottish government yesterday broadly adopted the deeply depressing, profoundly conventional and neoliberal suggestions of the commission that it appointed to advise on recovery from
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How to pay for the Green New Deal
The Green New Deal is a recurring theme of mine, largely because I have been involved in it from the outset as one of the
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