Book review: The Spirit Level
The Spirit Level written by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett argues that almost every social problem common in developed societies – reduced life expectancy, …
Economics
No more automatic growth
The profit motive has led to more and more services being automated. The increase in self-service – at banks, airports, petrol stations and supermarkets …
What is progress?
An article in Business Day calls into question what progress really is. The article highlights what progress isn’t: the strain of both parents having …
Consumption does not guarantee happiness
The percentage of people in Northern countries calling themselves happy peaked in the 1950s – even though consumption has more than doubled since then. …
The Worship of Growth
In a New Zealand Herald article called Time to defy the worship of growth the writer John Peet calls for a new economics that …
Suck it and see
A recent opinion piece on the Celsias website called “Fracking in Canterbury – No Compulsion to Publicly Notify and No Need to Consider Seismic …