Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Edward Carpenter: a pioneering open democrat
A 21st-century battle we must win for all the world’s sake
Consuming anxiety
Turning a corner (on peak oil)
Sharon Astyk: What I’d like to have been able to say to New York Times readers
Who says Americans won’t ride mass transit?
General Motors, driven to the brink
Pedal-powered delivery methods save big bucks
Heinberg: A back-row seat at the collapse revue
Oil, house prices, credit? 3 parts of the same story
Oil prices – a little more of the story
Many world stock markets now off 50% or more from peaks
John McCain could still win election by throwing a ‘green Hail Mary’
Bartlett election preview
Green energy likely winner, big oil loser in Senate races
OPEC announces big production cuts
Cuba’s claims of 20B barrels in offshore oil raise eyebrows
Iran’s president under pressure
Venezuela oil price tumbles, Chavez pressured
Where’s FDR when you need him?
Hoping for a new New Deal
On Robert S. McElvaine’s “The Great Depression”
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
Karl Marx’s guide to the end of capitalism: a primer
Eric Hobsbawm on the crisis
At one time I decided to give greed a chance, immerse myself in it by devoting all of my waking hours to the study of money. If bankers and I were sharing the same floor of Hell, such an obsession couldn’t be all bad. Maybe Hell just needed a makeover. We could spruce it up, refinance it, remodel…
Going Udall the way
New Energy Economy Emerging in the United States
Former EIA chief Hakes talks about road to energy independence, economic stability (video & transcript)
U.N. report author highlights key hurdles to growth of green jobs market (video, transcript to come)
Stern: Green routes to growth
IPCC vice-chairman: ‘Media Must Find a Way for the Message’
Final chapter posted in Chris Martenson’s “Crash Course”
Financial permaculture goes viral
Apocalypse, Not! (permaculturalist Toby Hemenway)
Pieces of advice for the new paupers
Hard times have some flirting with survivalism
Date Local: The case against long-distance relationships
Eat local, get laid
George Monbiot on air travel and Love Miles
At the end of the day, while financial derivatives markets are a key component of our current financial mess, they are a truly powerful tool that can be used for great long-term good if regulated (with an understanding of long-term systemic risk issues) to ensure they are not abused for short term profit.
