Recently added articles from Synthesis/Regeneration:
Silver lining to economic downturn.(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... An alternative to panicking when GDP stops growing is to view it as a sign of maturity. Human activity cannot expand forever on our finite planet. An economy growing at 3% a year doubles its size every 24 years. Centuries of such growth have brought us to a mature size. As with individual ...
What's wrong with a 30-hour work week?(Climate Economics: Sense & Nonsense)(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... With millions of jobs lost during the first part of 2009, who is calling for a shorter work week to spread the work around? Not the Republicans. Not even the Democrats. But why is there nary a peep from unions? In the US, auto sets the pace for organized labor. The only ...
Financing the empire.(Climate Economics: Sense & Nonsense)
Sep 22, 2009; ... I am traveling in Europe to discuss the global financial crisis with government officials, politicians, and labor leaders. What is most remarkable is how differently the financial problem is perceived over here. It's like being in another economic universe, not just another continent. ...
An economy that depends on endless war.(Climate Economics: Sense & Nonsense)(United States)(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Tuesday, August 5, 2008 All Souls Church, New York City. It is good, and right, and I would add, holy, that you have gathered here tonight to remember that 63 years ago our government dropped nuclear weapons onto the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I am honored and grateful to be here ...
Tax the rich!(A Win-Win Solution)(financial transactions tax )
Sep 22, 2009; ... The quest to increase taxes on the wealthy is not a gratuitous attack on upper income households; it is driven by the need to raise more revenue to run the government. While many deficit hawks have been irresponsible in raising fears of an impending collapse of the American government, the ...