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The Real New Deal
The Real New Deal While we’re on the issue of the Green New Deal, here’s an article by Dr. D. with an intro by Dr. D., one he sent me in the mail that contained the actual article, and that I think shouldn’t go to waste. I hope he agrees. Waste being the key term […]
Managing without Growth. Slower by Design, not Disaster
Managing without Growth. Slower by Design, not Disaster It took homo sapiens some 200,000 years to reach the first billion by about 1800. In just the 10 years separating the first and second edition of Managing without Growth: Slower by Design, not Disaster, the human population increased by the same amount putting increased pressure on an already crowded […]
Are Investors Finally Waking up to North America’s Fracked Gas Crisis?
Are Investors Finally Waking up to North America’s Fracked Gas Crisis? The fracked gas industry’s long borrowing binge may finally be hitting a hard reality: paying back investors. Enabled by rising debt, shale companies have been achieving record fracked oil and gas production, while promising investors a big future payoff. But over a decade into the “fracking miracle,” investors […]
238 academics call on the EU to plan for a post-growth future
238 academics call on the EU to plan for a post-growth future Preface. We know there’s going to be no growth soon due to peak oil and limits to growth, and ought to be planning for it so that the financial system doesn’t “freak out” and crash like Humpty Dumpty, beyond repair. We will eventually […]
The greatest good for the greatest number: A doctrine of acceptable losses
The greatest good for the greatest number: A doctrine of acceptable losses In 1776 philosopher Jeremy Bentham wrote a phrase that continues to be central to our modern way of thinking: “[I]t is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.” That phrase has morphed into the familiar one […]
That Green Growth at the Heart of the Green New Deal? It’s Malignant
That Green Growth at the Heart of the Green New Deal? It’s Malignant Longview, Washington. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. A burgeoning save-the-climate effort called the Green New Deal, explains Vox’s David Roberts, “has thrust climate change into the national conversation, put House Democrats on notice, and created an intense and escalating bandwagon effect. … everyone […]
2019: World Economy Is Reaching Growth Limits; Expect Low Oil Prices, Financial Turbulence
2019: World Economy Is Reaching Growth Limits; Expect Low Oil Prices, Financial Turbulence Financial markets have been behaving in a very turbulent manner in the last couple of months. The issue, as I see it, is that the world economy is gradually changing from a growth mode to a mode of shrinkage. This is something like […]
Black Swan Watch: China Has Added Over $50 TRILLION in Financial Assets Since 2014
Black Swan Watch: China Has Added Over $50 TRILLION in Financial Assets Since 2014 The biggest black swan facing the financial system is China. China has been the primary driver of growth for the global economy since the 2008 Crisis. Despite only accounting for 15% of global GDP, China accounts for 25%-30% of GDP growth. […]
China Won’t Be Taking Over
China Won’t Be Taking Over Pablo Picasso Massacre in Korea 1951 In the New Year, after a close to the old one that was sort of terrible for our zombie markets, do prepare for a whole lot of stories about China (on top of Brexit and Yellow Vests and many more windmills fighting the Donald). […]
2019 Considered…Macro Population Cycle & Business Cycle Turning Down Together?
2019 Considered…Macro Population Cycle & Business Cycle Turning Down Together? Well, 2019 is here and it’s time to consider what sort of growth is possible. Speaking from a macro’est viewpoint, it’s helpful to acknowledge that 90% of the wealth/ income/ savings and nearly 90% of global energy is consumed by the high and upper middle income nations of […]
A Debt Based System Can’t Succeed Without Population Growth
A Debt Based System Can’t Succeed Without Population Growth A simple idea today…that the end of population growth (where it matters) is upon us. Absent population growth among the nations that do nearly all the consuming, a debt based economic and financial system can’t ultimately succeed. That is, without growth, assets generally don’t appreciate and debt is generally […]
Hidden Amongst the Furore: Synchronised Warnings From the BIS and the IMF
Hidden Amongst the Furore: Synchronised Warnings From the BIS and the IMF It has become a disconcerting trend that as geopolitical events intensify and keep a majority of people engaged in the latest outbreak of political theatre, the words of central bankers fall on increasingly deaf ears. At a seminar of the European Stability Mechanism this […]
The Sequel: life after economic growth
The Sequel: life after economic growth Image courtesy of David Martin Jr As Simon Mont wrote in Tikkun’s recent issue on the New Economy, “capitalism is collapsing under the weight of itself, and it’s not pretty.”[i] Our globalised world finds itself caught on the horns of a seemingly impossible dilemma – either cease growing, and […]
Europe Struggles as the ECB Pretends to Know What It’s Doing
Europe Struggles as the ECB Pretends to Know What It’s Doing The European Central Bank (ECB) is rumored to be planning a halt to its four-year quantitative easing program at the end of this week when it will stop its asset purchases while continuing to keep interest rates at current near-zero levels through 2019. The […]
