by Andrew Simms | Feb 26, 2019 | Blog, Rethinking Economics
Lindsay Mackie looks at the costs and consequences when extractive capitalism is put in charge of providing essential public services, and asks why lessons are not being learned or companies held to account? It’s like irregular buses – along they come in unwanted...
by Andrew Simms | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, Weather Bombs
As different parts of the planet freeze and fry simultaneously, Prof Bill McGuire says global warming is no longer a future problem, the reality is here and now… The term climate change never quite hit the spot as a description of what is happening to our...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 31, 2019 | Blog, Rethinking Economics
I have a stake, or at least a pastry, in the story of the failed café chain Patisserie Valerie. In the early 1980’s I was a wide-eyed student in Central London, having wandered in from the provinces (Essex). Soho was a short walk from the college and at its...
by Andrew Simms | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog, Rapid Transition
Each year the Financial Times newspaper investigates the UK’s upcoming economic prospects with a survey of analysts. New Weather took part. Last year, says the paper, the survey’s predictions proved highly accurate. For most the uncertainty of Brexit now clouds many...
by Andrew Simms | Dec 23, 2018 | Blog, Rapid Transition, Weather Bombs
The New Weather Institute welcomes Bill McGuire, the world leading academic authority on climate hazards to its team. Bill has been writing for New Weather for many months, and now he will be even more involved with our work on a rapid transition to a fair economy...
