When dealing with two seemingly unreconcilable parties, the people who manage to annoy both sides are sometimes the ones presenting the best solutions. So it is with Johnathan Porritt, who is a meddling environmentalist to business, and a corporate sell-out to the greens. His 2005 book Capitalism as if the World Matters is very useful, [...]
Archive | June, 2011
What we learned this week
FIFA is an absolute case study in corruption, official denial, and the dangers of monopolies. The UK has pledged $1.5 billion to India to help it meet the Millennium Development Goals. India has in turn pledged $5 billion to help African countries meet the MDGs. Andy Sumner argues that this form of ‘subcontracted aid’ may [...]
Your garden in a changing climate
I didn’t get to the Chelsea flower show this year, or any year come to think of it, but I was curious to see what the Royal Horticultural Society was up to with their urban garden. The RHS has done some great work on gardening in a changing climate, assessing the changes as they happen [...]
Bitcoins: the peer to peer currency
A couple of years ago I read a book called The End of Money, by Thomas Greco. In it, the author predicted that at some point, some internet application would do for money what Skype has done for the telecommunications industry. It’s only a matter of time before someone blows the whole thing open, re-writes [...]
Some draft commenting guidelines
Okay, in the light of the recent flurry of commenting, I’ve decided to draw up a few guidelines. They’ll live here as a permanent link, but I’m posting them on the blog too to get things started. They’re a little tongue in cheek and I’m not going to take them overly seriously. These aren’t for [...]
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