When I started this blog back in September, I wanted to promote the idea of embarking on a 'green new deal' to deal with the economic situation that has continued to unfold since then. Tomorrow the G20 meet to discuss things (as they should), but with no imagination whatsoever having ...
I've been running around very busily recently with lots of other things, and so have unfortunately neglected to post here for some time. I have had some ideas about where the kinds of things I've been discussing here may go next though, and more about that soon.
In the meantime, I ...
February 5th 2009
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Amidst all the coverage of the financial crisis, in which very surreal statistics about the technicalities of what a recession is and when we're in it dominate the headlines, there is one decision that will have a significant effect on the future direction of our economic system.
So far all of ...
January 28th 2009
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I thought I'd write a quick post, mainly just to keep the site fresh because of my lack of time to post recently. Also, if I'm honest, I've had a bit of a lapse in terms of my ability to keep up with events. This is due in large part ...
January 9th 2009
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I've been thinking about the name I've given to this blog, and whether or not it's a good one.
One of my recent posts received a comment from someone who writes another blog called 'Surviving the global crisis', and I'm not sure whether I support phrasing the issues in those terms. ...
December 24th 2008
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I recorded this video after reading this Financial Times article and this Guardian comment.
Should we build more coal power stations? from Jamie Andrews on Vimeo.
December 7th 2008
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Climate change legislation can be an effective driver for economic rehabilitation and job creation. By making bold emissions reductions at home, large numbers of practical jobs can be created at a time when unemployment is rising, and relying on the service industry to invigorate the market looks increasingly shaky. At ...
December 1st 2008
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I'm writing this from the opening session of the UN Climate Change Negotiations in Poznan, Poland. I've been here for a few days now, as part of the UK Youth Delegation. I'm in a huge conference hall listening to the UN and national politicians talk about how all 10,000 people ...
November 14th 2008
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The Economist magazine recently wrote an article criticising plans for a Green New Deal. It makes some good points, but in general I found its treatment of the subject quite superficial, so I wanted to write something here in response.
Firstly, it claims that subsidising renewable energy would be a bad ...
November 7th 2008
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I'm wary of getting too excited about the election of Barack Obama, but I do think he's got to be slightly better than George "I'm thick as two short planks" Bush.
As you may have guessed, I'm particularly interested in what Obama is going to do about two things: (i) the ...
