In Praise of Idleness (Bertrand Russell)
Excerpt from ‘In Praise of Idleness’ by Bertrand Russell: “Suppose that, at a given moment, a certain number of people
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Money as debt (Paul Grignon)
Money As Debt is an animated feature by artist & videographer, Paul Grignon. He gives an explanation of today’s DEBT-MONEY
Read moreGrowth versus development (Herman Daly)
In part 1: Ecological Economist Herman Daly gives an answer to the question: “What is the distinction between economic and
Read moreCivil society, fragmentation and the role of universities (Manfred Max-Neef)
Manfred Max-Neef is a Chilean economist who focussed on ‘development alternatives’. After teaching economics at Berkeley in the 1960s, he
Read moreThe Network of Global Corporate Control (Vitali, Glattfelder & Battiston)
According to this study, 737 Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) control 80 per cent of the global economy. This includes a ‘super
Read moreThe cat chasing its tail (Me)
There is evidence that economic growth in the last 50 years is positively correlated with: – increasing inequity (based on UN
Read moreThe top 1% (Fault Lines)
According to this Al Jazeera news report, the richest one per cent of Americans earn nearly a quarter of the
Read moreClimate change simply explained
Here are two animations I helped co-produce as part of our work with the University of New South Wales Leadership
Read moreThe Largest Mass Poisoning in History, Arsenic Contamination in Rural Bangladesh
This documentary is the result of a collaboration between the Arsenic Mitigation & Research Foundation and the Environmental Policy &
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