Any effort to ‘Making America Great Again’ must involve wealth redistribution, the exact opposite of what rich Americans want Between 2016 and 2019 the total share of income going to the…
A conflict of interest lies at the heart of Artificial Intelligence AI could replace 300 million full-time jobs by 2030. It has the potential to be billions of times smarter than…
Our minds can’t deal with big numbers Since 1990 the world has emitted over 750 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. It’s difficult to imagine 750 billion of anything, let…
A silent revolution is beginning to have enormous social ramifications You can start with nothing, and end with everything. That’s the American dream, baby! What makes the dream so tantalising is…
It all comes down to being in the right place at the right time How did neoliberalism go from being mocked to dominating economic policy? How did Martin Luther King’s non-violent protests…
Actions are constrained by possibilities In its latest Emissions Gap Report, the UNEP concludes there is no credible pathway to achieving the 1.5°C target and climate disaster can only be avoided…