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Lies, damn lies and statistics: moderating the tyranny of numbers

Lies, damn lies and statistics: moderating the tyranny of numbers Quoting numbers, whether denominated in dollars, deaths or whatever, has always been a favourite way of adding weight to an argument. Metrics are gamed in order to increase (or decrease) a given number so as to support an argument, boost a political view, trigger a […]

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The environmental consequences of monetary dysfunction

The environmental consequences of monetary dysfunction Dysfunction of the money-system underpins the problems of the world’s multiple converging crises. Discuss. Might that assertion be taking an ideological position, encouraged by the echo chambers of like-minded twitterati? This piece is an attempt to tease out the nature of the underlying connection, and in doing so describe […]

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The Strange Idea of Negative Interest

The Strange Idea of Negative Interest This article addresses the role of demurrage (negative interest) in the design of new currencies. But it takes a roundabout route with diversions around the zero and negative interest rates being currently applied to fiat money; and a detour via positive interest which is itself a stranger idea than […]

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Olduvai IV: Courage
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Olduvai II: Exodus
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