How Can War be Good for GDP if it Kills People?

The GDP measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. So, why do we continue using the GDP, and what's an alternative?

War is death, war is a destroyer of cities, war tears societies apart. How can there be any positives to such a traumatic state of affairs? That all depends on your…

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The GDP measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. So, why do we continue using the GDP, and what's an alternative?

Who Committed the Worst Crime Against Humanity?

Exxon: for suppressing research supporting climate change

What is 1982 best remembered for? The outbreak of the Falklands War? Maybe the release of Michael Jackson’s majestic album Thriller? But the year the greatest crime against humanity was ever…

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Exxon: for suppressing research supporting climate change

Are Corporations Monsters?

Corporations have behaved monstrously in the past — how can this behaviour be changed?

Each year Larry Fink — the CEO of BlackRock — writes a letter to the CEO’s of companies BlackRock invest in. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset management company, so the message in this letter…

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Corporations have behaved monstrously in the past — how can this behaviour be changed?