I got the typical reactions from right wingers for suggesting that the investment of auto-enrolment pension funds was inappropriate yesterday. Comments included the claims that
Read the full article…
Does the Green New Deal demand a new conceptual framework for accounting?
I will be discussing the above issue at this event: “Debating Nature’s Value” — 27 June at Chartered Accountants’ Hall ICAEW is partnering with the
Read the full article…
Glasgow: 29 August
CommonSpace has announced this today: Climate Emergency demands a rapid transformation in every aspect of our economy, from how we travel to how we heat
Read the full article…
This is not good news…
The FT has reported that: Extreme weather drove the growth in energy demand last year to its highest level since 2010, triggering warnings of a
Read the full article…
The objectives of the Green New Deal
I have mentioned I was out and about whilst doing some thinking today. One of the things I was sketching out were the objectives of
Read the full article…
Philip Hammond is in denial about what the climate emergency really means
The FT has reported that: Philip Hammond has warned Theresa May that her plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 will cost
Read the full article…
The paradigm is shifting – and MMT and the Green New Deal have to be understood in that context
A correspondent called James Meek asked a number of what I might call quite normal intelligent questions about MMT yesterday. Let me address them. First
Read the full article…
The CBI: a case study in incoherent thinking
There are moments when I think I should read the barrage of press releases sent at me because I am a blogger – and apparently
Read the full article…
The Progressive Conservative – an oxymoron for the Tory party
Charles Adams has published an article on Progressive Pulse (of which I am the director) which I think worth sharing here, precisely because of the
Read the full article…