The Big Shock of the 2033 General ElectionA new party and its young leader are suddenly a major political force following an environmental disaster.Jun 16, 2024Jun 16, 2024
The eco-crisis is now unavoidable: there are three ways to respondHow should we respond to the unavoidable environmental crisis ahead? I think there are three broad responses, summarised in the table belowApr 27, 2024A response icon21Apr 27, 2024A response icon21
Resilience! Resilience! Resilience! New political priorities for an unavoidable eco-crisis.But politicians must wake up first if these priorities are to become a realityMar 7, 2024A response icon1Mar 7, 2024A response icon1
Permacrisis or Polycrisis? It matters.The idea that the world is plunging into a new era of crisis is increasingly being discussed. This new era is sometimes referred to as…Nov 24, 2022A response icon2Nov 24, 2022A response icon2
The Permacrisis explained in under 500 WordsBertrand Russell used a chicken to explain the philosophical problem of induction. The bird assumes she will be fed by the farmer every…Nov 15, 2022Nov 15, 2022
What would Nestor Makhno do?One hundred years ago the Donbas region of Ukraine was not the bastion of pro-Russian nationalism it is today. By contrast, it was the…Feb 28, 2022Feb 28, 2022
Should we celebrate the UK’s low productivity?Bemoaning the UK’s poor productivity is something of a national sport. At least among economists and policy makers. The latest piece of…Nov 20, 2021A response icon1Nov 20, 2021A response icon1