What is resilience? 6 icons tell the story.
The call for creating resilience is everywhere – from the financial system to the world food system. So what exactly is it, and how can we take inspiration from the resilient systems that are all…
Why Growth Is Not Enough
What should economies be aimed at? For over half a century, the goal has been economic growth – but while the global economy has quadrupled in size since the 1970s, human deprivation persists, environmental degradation…
What is Economics? Part 3 of 3
So here’s the last of three 10 minute videos giving an alternative introduction to economics – the alternative introduction I wish I’d had. Part 1 looked back at the origins of economics, and the framing influence…
What is Economics? Part 2 of 3
Here’s part 2 of a 3 part video introduction to economics. Part 1 looked at the origins of economics. Now this section, Part 2, is a whirlwind tour through the many different branches of economic…
What is Economics? Part 1/3
I remember well my first economics class: we dived straight in and learned to derive supply and demand curves. Then I became so immersed in trying to get my head around the different definitions of…
Who’s looking beyond growth?
Does economic growth have a place in the future of high-income countries? This hotly debated question covers many different debates, each with arguments to be taken seriously on both sides. There’s a long history to…
Welcome to the Doughnut Dialogues
For all the high-powered roundtables that were held in Davos last week, here’s one roundtable that couldn’t be found there – but should have been. Imagine a company’s top executives sitting down around this table…
New video from The RSA on Doughnut Economics
The RSA have just put out a really nicely produced video of a talk I gave there recently on why we need a new paradigm for economic thinking in the 21st century – or why…
Who’s putting pressure on the planet?
There’s no doubt that this planet is under pressure – but where is that pressure coming from? Who or what has driven three planetary boundaries to be breached, and caused the stress to be rising…
Can we square the circle of “green growth”?
If you like trying to fit square pegs in round holes, you’ll love this little challenge. Can we (that’s humanity I’m talking about) figure out how to use Earth’s resources sustainably while ending poverty and…