Growth misgivings
It is taken as a given that unless political parties of whatever stripe promise growth, they are dead in the water. Even within the green movement, anyone seeking to influence …
Growth misgivings Read MorePublished by Promoting Economic Pluralism
It is taken as a given that unless political parties of whatever stripe promise growth, they are dead in the water. Even within the green movement, anyone seeking to influence …
Growth misgivings Read MoreWelcome to our 25th issue which is quite a milestone for us. Given that our mission is to open up thinking on economics it’s probably no surprise that our theme …
Small print writ large Read MoreHow we became prize fighters. Henry Leveson-Gower recounts. I was going through my mail (the paper stuff) some months ago when I was a little shocked to open a letter …
Nobbled in a noble cause Read MoreMy first real consciousness of the super-rich happened as a teenager while working over the summer for my black-sheep uncle, a 1960s hippy turned Parisian artisan woodworker for the rich. …
More or less equal? Read MoreThe Macro Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker’s Guide by Tony Myatt. Review by Henry Leveson-Gower Paul A. Samuelson – an economics colossus who bestrode the economics profession in the three …
Behind the curtain Read MoreSo COP27 is in November. Last year the build-up seemed huge for the last international climate conference in Glasgow, COP26. This time; not so much. But is that my UK …
Whose news? Read MoreIf you remember the 70s then you weren’t there. That was the oft-cited summary of the time as shrouded in a narcotic haze. I, however, do remember the 70s quite …
The 70s? Not again. Read MoreControl of land has been a key driver of wealth, power and conflict for most of human history. The industrial revolution changed all that as power shifted from landowners to …
Ground control Read MoreCould private funding actually benefit nature? Henry Leveson-Gower proposes a cooperative approach. Since the 80s environmental economists have been putting monetary values on nature so they get “counted”. Now they …
Having it all Read MoreI am not a believer in conspiracy theories, but for one moment let’s imagine there exists a shadowy secret society bent on world betterment… The Society had been increasingly worried. …
Enlightenment goes viral Read More