Fossil Fuel based growth has ended: This is the best place to learn about the future. In which localism prevails and power moves from the top-down to the grass-roots. Prosperity will decline and life will again be worth living.
The mindsets of top-down (hierarchical) and grassroots (network-oriented) people often differ significantly, shaped by their positions, experiences, and priorities. Here’s a comparison: 1. Perspective and Focus Top-Down Mindset:Focused on the big picture, broader goals, and long-term strategies. They often prioritise efficiency, scalability, and control to achieve organisational or systemic objectives.Example: A government official designing a …
(Written with the help of ChatGPT) If we want to prepare for potential shocks and disruptions, we must envision a future shaped by sudden, severe reductions in critical resources. What if tomorrow’s 50% cut to the UK’s electricity, petrol, and diesel fuel supplies coincides with an abrupt financial crash that renders formal lending systems obsolete? …
As the UK government prepares its upcoming budget with a focus on economic growth, energy expert Art Berman’s recent blog post, “This is How Oil Ends,” raises critical questions about the long-term viability of growth-oriented economic policies. Berman’s insights on the decline of the oil industry suggest that the traditional growth model may be increasingly …
Much has been discussed and written about why there is widespread denial of what is really happening. The UK is falling to pieces, but why? I wrote a piece in the Radix Think Tank in 2019. The UK and further afield are in denial – about everything which effects our lives, now and in the …
On Monday 15 May, as EU policymakers gather for the first day of the landmark 2023 Beyond Growth conference at the European Parliament, over 400 experts call for political leaders to seize this opportunity to tackle interconnected social, environmental and political crises and embrace a wellbeing economy that allows humanity and the planet to thrive, …
New subscribers joining this blog who need convincing that the world economy is shrinking could not do better than read this post by Dr Tim Morgan in his Surplus Energy Economics blog. Tim sets out his interpretation of the interconnectedness of the economy, finance and the environment. To visit Tim’s post.
Quote from a discussion in Dr Tim Morgan’s blog on Surplus Energy Economicshttps://surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com/2023/11/10/265-explore-and-explain/ I have in front of me a wooden table dating from the 1980s. It’s solid, heavy, and if it ever gets to look too tatty I can just sand it down and paint it again. What good is that to the world’s …
How financialization heralds the end of the industrial age A piece published by The Honest Sorcerer: A critic of Modern Times – offering ideas for honest contemplation. Well worth reading at https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/financing-the-end-of-modernity Western neoliberal economies are on the brink of a steep economic decline. Barring an energy / productivity miracle a prolonged and deep recession …
How an elite clique of math-addled economists hijacked climate policy. Christopher Ketcham October 29 2023, 8:00 a.m. William Nordhaus, who turned 82 this year, was the first economist in our time to attempt to quantify the cost of climate change. His climate-modeling wizardry, which won him the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2018, …
First published in the RADIX thinktank Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is not all it seems. When I was employed by Liverpool City Council in the 1970s, amongst other things, I was responsible for traffic signals in the city. At that time, there was widespread trade union activity. It was important to who did what. I …
Copied from NE – nakedemperor.substack.com Naked Emperor is a newsletter on Substack by @nakedemperor. It covers topics such as corona and geo-politics with a mix of psychology, philosophy, law and ancient mysteries1. The author writes articles on a range of interesting topics including Covid, Politics, Finance, Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Technology and Ancient Mysteries I’m constantly looking for …
Tim Morgan has just published the first of two pieces about the future. Well worth reading.
In a discussion on Tim Morgan’s blog, he says: … de-layering is going to eliminate huge numbers of white-collar jobs, and lots of intermediate/intermediary businesses, though I doubt if even the biggest corporate players really understand this yet. Not a subject which is reported much. And yet layering was a key element of the growing …
About Doughnut Economics and much more Copied from Nate Hagens’s podcast The Great Simplification. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Nate’s Introduction Today, I am joined by the creator of Doughnut Economics, Kate Raworth, for a fantastic primer on the need for different economic measurements beyond the material wealth created by a society. As we expand further past planetary boundaries …
Copied from Dr Tim Morgan’s blog. The UK economy is, in my opinion, entering the long-predictable crash phase. Essentially there are two possible scenarios here. First, the aggregate burden of national or global liabilities just becomes so great that vertigo sets in, as people begin to realise that these liabilities cannot be honoured ‘for value’. …