The Green New Deal

There is immediate need for a coherent policy with which the new US administration can deal with both the financial crash and the energy transition. Instead of propping up failing financial institutions, the new president must inject investment into the real economy by supporting wide-ranging but tightly coordinated projects to create far more renewable energy generation capacity, build railroads and public transport facilities, insulate millions of homes while providing alternative heat sources, and re-configure the national food system to dramatically reduce and soon eliminate the need for fossil fuels.

Economics – Oct 19

Julian Darley: Spotting trouble with money and energy before it bites you
Jim Puplava interview: Making financial sense of the coming energy crisis
Wallerstein on the Depression: a long-term view
A peak portfolio