We face a double crisis as the twenty-first century unfolds. On the one hand, it is an ecological crisis: climate change and several other Earth System pressures are exceeding planetary boundaries to a dangerous extent. On the other hand, it is also a social crisis: several billion people are deprived of access to basic goods and services. More than 40 percent of the human population cannot afford nutritious food; 50 percent do not have safely managed sanitation facilities; 70 percent do not have necessary health care.
Climate Crisis
France 24: EU countries approve launch of US trade talks
Germany wants to avoid US tariffs on its cars – and what Germany wants in the EU, it gets. Macron is made to look ridiculous again. Maybe he ought to stick to beating up his […]
Economics
Wolfgang Münchau: So much for the Brexit scare stories
Apart from a short-lived disruption of trade flows Brexit has been a macroeconomic non-event. Read here
EU politics
Chris Dillow: On class difference
Some good ideas in this. Read here
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