This week’s issue is an tourist’s review of the book Cryptocommunism. Did your head explode immediately after reading the word, “cryptocommunism”? I will return to my review of “Energy and Ecological Economics” next week. I’m not sure how many saw Alex Gladstein’s recent tweet about a book called, Criptocomunismo. A…

Just thoughts on the connection between bitcoin and elements of the “degrowth” movement that argues that never-ending economic growth is leading us toward an unsustainable and ecologically destructive path. I finished Part 1 of John Peet’s Energy and the Ecological Economics of Sustainability and what follows are my thoughts on…

I wrote this paper in 2019 as part of requirements for my PhD. Given the gobal droughts we are seeing now, it’s evermore clear that climage change is not just a climate crisis, it is a water crisis. My hope is that the layreader will be able to make some…

Just thoughts on the connection between bitcoin and elements of the “degrowth” movement that argues that never-ending economic growth is leading us toward an unsustainable and ecologically destructive path. Bitcoin’s energy consumption is what really gets a lot of bitcoin skeptics’ blood boiling. Thanks to ridiculous claims that bitcoin would…

Just thoughts on the connection between bitcoin and elements of the “degrowth” movement that argues that never-ending economic growth is leading us toward an unsustainable and ecologically destructive path. I’m mostly back from a very needed vacation. Before getting into this issue’s topic, I want to share my recent appearance…

This issue’s topic: The IPCC’s Shared Socio-Economic Pathways Just thoughts on the connection between bitcoin and elements of the “degrowth” movement that argues that never-ending economic growth is leading us toward an unsustainable and ecologically destructive path. I’ll get back to last week’s discussion next week. Today’s newsletter is about…

This issue’s topic: The economics of never-ending growth Just thoughts on the connection between bitcoin and elements of the “degrowth” movement that argues that never-ending economic growth is leading us toward an unsustainable and ecologically destructive path. I’ve been reading a book called, Supply Shock: Economic Growth at the Crossroads…

This issue’s topic: How to implement demurrage using bitcoin and thoughts on bitcoin and freedom Just thoughts on the connection between bitcoin and elements of the “degrowth” movement that argues that never-ending economic growth is leading us toward an unsustainable and ecologically destructive path. Finally! The final installment on the…

This issue’s topic: How fiat demurrage leads naturally to a CBDC. Just thoughts on the connection between bitcoin and elements of the “degrowth” movement that argues that never-ending economic growth is leading us toward an unsustainable and ecologically destructive path. Just to recap, from our last two newsletters, demurrage is…