photo credit: Listener42 George Monbiot writes another sterling piece, this time dispelling population as the bugbear of global warming. Click on our population tag to read other critiques of this issue – namely the link between poverty, education and poor health on population growth rates. The Population Myth It’s no coincidence that most of those who are obsessed with population … Read More
Free Trash of Freeport
Renegade Economists Podcast 108 As broadcast on www.3CR.org.au 30/09/09. Subscribe to the podcast. Free Trash of Freeport: We finish off our climate friendly policy overview, then interview Nick Chesterfield (Manukoreri) and Nicholas Taylor (Outcrop) to discuss the immense wealth and destruction flowing from West Papua’s $40bn Freeport mine. Photo – Freeport’s tailings, thanks SkyTruth. Key Articles: Red River: The blacklisting … Read More
Climate Crescendo
photo credit: Pizza527 Renegade Economists Podcast 107 As broadcast on 3CR on Wed Sept 23, 2009. Subscribe here Climate Crescendo: Karl whirs through climate issues from an economics perspective and finishes with Sharna Nolan from Skateistan.org. So so much more to discuss on this topic. Will we write a script one day and time it? Show Notes Albanese earned $1.5m … Read More
Fast Forward News #5
David Pecotic our resident newshound returns Just ignore it and maybe it will go away … “There are few institutional structures to achieve co-operation globally on the sort of scales now essential to avoid very serious consequences, warns lead author Dr Brian Walker of Australia’s CSIRO.” The solution? Don’t Leave Anything To The ‘Experts’ But hope springs eternal: Michael Hudson … Read More
Indicators of Distrust
photo credit: Matti Mattila Renegade Economists Podcast 106 As broadcast on the almighty 3cr.org.au on 16/09/09. Subscribe now Show Notes Indicators of Distrust: we show how Australia really has been in recession, why GDP is a poor measure and hear from the Save VCA program on the economic incentives that led to a couple of key buildings being demolished today. … Read More