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Fiscal Stimulus and Economic Growth–Are They Related?
FISCAL STIMULUS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH – ARE THEY RELATED? For most experts a key factor that policy makers should be watching is the gap between the actual real output and the potential real output. The potential output is the maximum output that the economy could attain if all the resources are used efficiently. The gap […]
Here’s What We’ve Lost in the Past Decade
Here’s What We’ve Lost in the Past Decade The confidence and hubris of those directing the rest of us to race off the cliff while they watch from a safe distance is off the charts. The past decade of “recovery” and “growth” has actually been a decade of catastrophic losses for our society and nation. […]
Oil Prices At Risk Of Economic Downturn
Oil Prices At Risk Of Economic Downturn Oil prices have retreated as disrupted supply from Libya has started to come back online, threatening the recent gains in oil prices. But a bigger threat to crude over the second half of 2018 and into 2019 is a slowdown in the global economy. The International Monetary Fund […]
Can Sophisticated Technology Prevent Severe Economic Slump?
CAN SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY PREVENT SEVERE ECONOMIC SLUMP? Most economic commentators are likely to agree that in relation to the period prior to the Great Depression, the present world is many times more sophisticated in terms of advanced technological knowledge. It is then tempted to suggest that with the present advanced technology we are in a […]
The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm The gathering storm cannot be dissipated with propaganda and bribes. July 4th is an appropriate day to borrow Winston Churchill’s the gathering storm to describe the existential crisis that will envelope America within the next decade. There is no single cause of the gathering storm; in complex systems, dynamics feed back into […]
Does Economic Growth Cause Inflation?
DOES ECONOMIC GROWTH CAUSE INFLATION? Most experts are of the view that as the economy gains strength the Fed must step in at some stage and introduce a tighter stance in order to prevent the rate of inflation getting out of control. Why however, should economic growth be positively associated with a general increase in […]
The End of Growth
The End of Growth Either it ends, or we do. More and more, I hear that folks are feeling frustrated and betrayed, combined with a sense of loss and despair. I feel this way, too. As I’ve written recently, I observe this is due more than anything else to a widespread demoralization society is suffering […]
Conservativism Now? Market Economies and the Liberal Anti-Culture
Conservativism Now? Market Economies and the Liberal Anti-Culture The persistent purpose of my writing over the past decade has been to reflect in a hopefully complex manner on the sort of culture necessary to “solve” the climate and ecological crisis and create a truly sustainable way of life. One of my main themes has been […]
Leaked U.N. climate change report shows inverted thinking on growth
Leaked U.N. climate change report shows inverted thinking on growth The Reuters news service managed a genuine journalistic coup by getting an advance copy of a U.N. climate change report not due out until October. Given what the report says—it’s dire—and the fact that the climate isn’t going to stop changing while the report gets […]
Work in a World Without Growth
WORK IN A WORLD WITHOUT GROWTH A fixation with growth in economics has seen GDP increase in proportion to environmental damage. As planetary limits draw ever closer and are even being surpassed, such a model cannot be sustained. Riccardo Mastini explains how a job guarantee could open up the way to a sustainable economic model. […]
Only Radical Environmental Activism Can Bring About Whole-System Change
Only Radical Environmental Activism Can Bring About Whole-System Change To come to terms with the many dimensions of our ecological crisis we need to co-create conscious, connected communities, and act together Adapted from A New Republic of the Heart; An Ethos for Revolutionaries A healthy future for humanity requires a healthy living planet. And our […]
What Patient Zero, Japan, Can Tell Us About China & The Developed World At Large
What Patient Zero, Japan, Can Tell Us About China & The Developed World At Large To see the future, sometimes you have to look to the past. Japan is patient zero in the global epidemic of slowing growth and although Japan was assumed to be the emerging world power in the ’80’s, we now know better. The title […]
Savings as the Engine of Economic Growth
SAVINGS AS THE ENGINE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH Most economists concur with the view that what keeps the economy going is consumption expenditure. Furthermore, it is generally held that spending rather than individual saving is the essential condition for production and prosperity. Savings is seen to be detrimental to economic activity as it weakens the potential […]
The world needs less from us (and more) (by Tim Crownshaw)
The world needs less from us (and more) (by Tim Crownshaw) Ghosts Of The Concrete World by Cameron Gray (parablevisions.com) Around two decades ago, scientists began seriously discussing the prospects and suitability of geoengineering as a response to climate change. The options which have the potential to make a difference over a short timeframe revolve […]
