Volatility, oil and stock markets

By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights

Only exceptional weakness in the global economy explains oil dipping into the $20 range. In doing so, the oil market has provided a warning for anyone who is willing to see it.

Use and Abuse of the “Natural Capital” Concept

By Herman Daly, The Daly News

Some people object to the concept of “natural capital” because they say it reduces nature to the status of a commodity to be marketed at its exchange value.