Why war seems inevitable
Paul Frijters argues that the world’s billionaires hold sway over governments and some are at the point of lashing out. Global trade has greatly contributed to prosperity and peace since …
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Sustainable AI
Patricia Gestoso asks whether we can balance innovation and environmental responsibility In 2021, van Wynsberghe proposed defining sustainable artificial intelligence (AI) as “a movement to foster change in the entire …
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Austerity in Brazil – the dangerous cuts
Neoliberal policies have infected both arms of politics in Brazil and its people are falling sick. Diogo Mazeron writes. After a very close and polarised election at the end of …
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Shock and ore
Public trust through shared prosperity is the key to a fast transition to a green economy. But Joan Carling and Phil Bloomer ask: are we, instead, entering an age of …
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Climate change: a moving story
The displacement of millions of people is the elephant in the climate change negotiating chamber, says Niko Humalisto. He navigates the path the world must take. Planetary warming is destabilising …
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Artificially safe or really sorry
Bronwyn Howell asks: where artificial intelligence is as capricious as humans, how do you make rules that govern its risk? The 2023 USA Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and …
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Time for a switch
Ellie Standen explains how levies break, dividends divide and it’s time to take back the power industry into the public sector. Keir Starmer’s Labour Government has promised great things in …
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Delivering Despite the Rules
Mark E Thomas and Vince Gomez argue that if Labour sticks too literally to its Fiscal Rules, it will fail to deliver, so creative thinking is needed. When he became …
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Local lucre, little interest
Why did a bid in Bristol to create a city currency fold? Diana Finch tells the tale. When the Bristol Pound came onto the scene, it commanded worldwide attention. It …
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Power planting
Rohini Kamal outlines the promises and problems for Bangladesh in building solar arrays on its farmland. More than 100 countries met in Dubai during November last year where they pledged …
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