Designing an Intentional Currency
An epistle from an imaginary adviser to an imaginary startup currency. Time to get off the proverbial fence. With a health warning. By Graham Barnes.
Economics in Darwinist mode – the competitive struggle for existence
Improved competitiveness is a major goal of virtually every nation and trading bloc in the world. Both sides in the Brexit debate claimed that Britain would become more competitive if they prevailed. But where does this glorification of competition come from? Does it reflect fundamentals of human nature, or does it stem from a quasi-religious dogma that goes largely unquestioned? Brian Davey explores the roots of the obsession with competitiveness, and its knock-on effects, in a chapter of his book Credo.
Jim Ratcliffe, Ineos and the empire of trash
Brian Davey explores the decision of Ineos, one of the world's largest chemical companies, to promote fracking. The Ineos majority shareholder, Jim Ratcliffe, claims fracking could regenerate northern Britain despite evidence that the strategy is "a mirage that would lead to a mountain of debt and a mountain of garbage".
Tackling climate, poverty and inequality together: managing the share in CapGlobalCarbon on a global level
Caroline Whyte draws on development theory, recent technological developments and research on inequality to argue that the share in CapGlobalCarbon could and should be distributed to individuals globally. The impact on poverty and inequality worldwide could be massive.
Consumerism, Collective Psychopathology, Waste
This chapter of Credo by Brian Davey discusses conspicuous consumption and the consumer society, branding and the manufacture of wants. The role of advertisers is explored as well as the way that attention grabbing has become an economic sector that affects the quality of life radically and for the worse.
CapGlobalCarbon, Keep It In The Ground and the divestment campaign
Caroline Whyte argues that while the Keep it in the Ground and divestment campaigns both have the potential to achieve significant progress on climate change, they need structural support in order to ensure that their actions actually have teeth. This support could be provided by CapGlobalCarbon.
