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  • 2019
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Land planning policy at the limits to growth

Should there be a presumption against new development?

 asks Brian Davey
Tagged with 
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 May 30, 2019  Commentary, Discussion Paper 

Rumpelstiltskin, debt and economic liberty

"Modern historians have for the most part removed the ancient Near East from the mainstream of history. Modern economic systems have sanctified the payment of debt, but this is not some natural or God-given rule, rather a situation designed by financial elites," writes Anne Ryan.
Tagged with 
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 May 23, 2019  Commentary, Discussion Paper, News 

Greta Thunberg, motives and being strategic

Caroline Whyte reflects on some of the criticism of Greta Thunberg's campaign.
Tagged with 
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 May 15, 2019  Commentary 

Brexit as a surrealist movie – a comparison with Luis Bunuel’s film “Exterminating Angel”

Brian Davey finds striking parallels between the dinner party guests in Bunuel's film and the British upper class.
Tagged with 
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 May 13, 2019  Commentary 

Commentary on the UK Committee on Climate Change Report

Patrick Noble criticises the idea that climate change can be addressed primarily through technology and increased efficiency, without any need to make profound changes to our lives.
Tagged with 
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 May 9, 2019  Commentary 

Greta Thunberg, PR and the “Climate Emergency”

Brian Davey argues that Greta Thunberg's campaign is being manipulated by big businesses and large environmental NGOs to engineer a massive policy coup for a section of the élite that is not only doomed to failure, but will exacerbate the climate crisis.
Tagged with 
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 May 6, 2019  Commentary 

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