[ Episode #77 // Locally Invested ]
As trust is lost in the global financial system and its intermediaries, surplus investment capital seems stranded in ever more risky international asset flows. Are there ways of re-routing investments...
View ArticleReturns on divestments? Chris Nelder [Part 4 of 4]
Diving Into Stories of Energy Transition with Chris Nelder Transcript Part 4: Returns on Divestment? A transcript of our interview on Extraenvironmentalist #76 by Scott Bohachyk Editor’s note: In the...
View Article[ Episode #79 // Money System Mayhem? ]
Over the last hundred years, the international money system has unraveled every few decades with surprising regularity. With the current US-based system reaching the end of its useful life for newly...
View Article[ Episode #80 // Dying Wisdom ]
Though death is an inevitable part of life, do we really act as if we know we’re going to die? In a culture that glorifies youth and technology, the true acknowledgement of death can come as an affront...
View Article[ Episode #81 // Falling Empires ]
With its empire in decline, the United States is no longer the world’s dominant superpower. Stuck in the idea of international control, it continues to maintain military reach at the expense of...
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The view further down the oil supply pyramid: a transcript with Gail Tverberg
The view from further down the oil supply pyramid – de-growth probable A transcript of our interview with Gail Tverberg on Extraenvironmentalist #55 by Nathan Surendran Editor’s note: Our thanks goes...
View Article[ Episode #88 // Resilience Imperative ]
Our governments, businesses and economic institutions were built on a society that was supercharged with fossil fuels to get as big as possible as fast as possible. Now, with the challenges of the 21st...
View Article[ Episode #91 // Age of Stagnation? ]
The common political conversation about our shared economic future focuses on achieving an escape velocity where the post-war growth boom can return as usual. While years of lackluster economic...
View Article[ Episode #92 // Decrypting Cryptocurrency ]
Digital communication technologies hold the possibility of re-orienting the way we exchange value and think about money. Do digital currencies like Bitcoin have the ability to change the global...
View Article[ Episode #93 // Climate Agreements ]
After years of mediocre negotiations on an international agreement to limit future climate change, it is easy to be cynical about the viability of a global strategy for reducing greenhouse gas...
View Article[ Episode #94 // Rocking the Google Bus ]
Companies like Twitter can make billions of dollars in revenue while providing a widely used service and still be considered a financial failure. Though today’s digital technologies provide new...
View Article[ Episode #95 // Economy of Things ]
Though we often think the modern culture of consumerism is an export from United States and a product of capitalism, people long before today’s era were enjoying the benefit of soft shoes, beautiful...
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