Professor Steve Keen and others warn that record heatwaves, floods, fires and intensifying storms halt commerce, damage crops, create uninsurable areas, and impair infrastructure. Pension funds rely too heavily on sanguine consultant forecasts and underestimate the financial impact of climate change on their portfolios
Economics
Axios – Male economists are freaking out over a NYT profile
A handful of prominent male economists, including former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, are freaking out — mostly on Twitter — about a weekend New York Times profile of economist Stephanie Kelton, known for her work […]
Climate Crisis
Global Energy Monitor: Coal mine methane emissions exceed those from oil or gas
The world’s coal mines emit 52.3 million tonnes of methane per year, according to a new report by Global Energy Monitor (GEM), which is greater than annual emissions from oil (39 million tonnes) or gas […]
Economics
Dani Rodrik: Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism
This is a further excellent piece concerning neoliberalism, what it is and why it does not work. Rodrik is of the opinion that there is no single neoliberalism. In fact the elements behind it are […]
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