Is Labour onto something with its plan for a publicly-owned clean energy company?If renewables are now cheaper than fossil fuels, why can’t we leave it to the market to deliver clean power?Mar 18, 2024Mar 18, 2024
Published inVolansRealist fantasies: a review of Martin Wolf’s The Crisis of Democratic CapitalismWolf’s diagnosis of what is ailing democratic capitalism is clear-eyed and compelling; his prescription for saving it is anything but.May 1, 2023A response icon3May 1, 2023A response icon3
Published inVolansUnpicking Growth’s Triple LockWhat will it take to break the link between economic growth and the stability of our financial, political and international systems?Jan 22, 2023A response icon1Jan 22, 2023A response icon1
Published inVolansWhat comes after Spreadsheet Capitalism?The humble spreadsheet was the shareholder value revolution’s “killer app”. Now it’s time to make decisions differently — but how?Sep 22, 2022A response icon8Sep 22, 2022A response icon8
Published inVolansNet zero by 2050 is a fantasy, unless we get serious about degrowthThe biggest barrier to effective climate action today isn’t denialism, or even apathy, but our propensity to believe convenient fantasies.Apr 21, 2022A response icon3Apr 21, 2022A response icon3
Published inVolansLimits to Growth at 50: the groundbreaking study that failed to change the worldWhy has the post-growth movement been such a failure in political terms? And what can it learn from neoliberalism’s success?Mar 14, 2022A response icon11Mar 14, 2022A response icon11
Published inVolansCapitalism needs new glassesWhy are we so bad at dealing with long-term risks? Because short-sightedness is encoded in the tools and models we use to allocate capital.Jan 24, 2022A response icon3Jan 24, 2022A response icon3
Published inVolansThe COP process has failed. Time to try something different.Greta Thunberg is right. By the only measure that really matters, COP26 was a failure. But this was a failure of process, not of personnel.Nov 17, 2021A response icon7Nov 17, 2021A response icon7
Published inVolansThe Demographic Forces Shaping the Post-COVID WorldDemographic trends are among the most powerful and predictable forces shaping humanity’s future. We should pay more attention to them.Sep 6, 2021Sep 6, 2021
Published inVolansWhere will the ESG backlash lead?In recent weeks, the gloves have come off in the ESG wars. Here are three predictions for what to expect once the dust settles.Sep 1, 2021A response icon1Sep 1, 2021A response icon1
