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The black elephant in the room

July 20, 2021 by Juan Bordera Romá

The Black Elephant In The Room, in this case, is that nothing grows forever. Unlike what our system – the Elephant in The Room – pretends to do, which is designed to do so and doesn’t know how to slow down.

Categories Economy, Economy featured Tags black swans, building resilient economies, economic growth Leave a comment

Land as Insurance, Part 3: The Role of Farms

December 15, 2020March 23, 2017 by Rob Avis

Imagine if there was a corporation or co-operative that you could own shares in. The purpose of this corporation would be to hedge against certain classes of black swans.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Food & Water, Food & Water featured Tags black swans, Building resilient food and farming systems, community investments Leave a comment

Land as Insurance Part 2: The Black Swan Theory

December 15, 2020March 10, 2017 by Rob Avis

When a system contains extreme outliers that are hundreds, thousands, or millions of times further from the mean than expected, they can cause massive amounts of destruction and change the course of history.

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Living in Unpredictable Times

December 15, 2020November 22, 2016 by Brian Davey

Economists make forecasts about what is going to happen in the world of that great God – money.

Categories Economy Tags black swans, collapse of complex societies, economic predictions, future predictions, limits to growth, peak oil Leave a comment

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