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Where’s the problem – politics, economy or population?

Low Impact

I know that there are also many people who spend an inordinate amount of time talking and thinking about politicians, political parties and elections. Those people, whatever their political leanings, can also support the decentralised economy that’s being built. Japan has 125 million people, New Zealand 5 million.

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John Thackara: ‘Strange’ ideas don’t sound so strange in strange times

Low Impact

As long as that’s the case, money will gravitate towards the concentrated wealth, because money attracts money, and gives access to the political system, so that you can get your way. Is there a party political solution? Yes, I’ve been talking with people at Grassroots Economics, who are spreading mutual credit through East Africa.

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Using AI to Help the World Thrive

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Are the climate and coronavirus crises really so alike?

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It is a point that was echoed late last week by BP CEO Bernard Looney, who in a quietly remarkable blog post stressed that the pandemic would not compromise the company's newly announced pledge to deliver net zero emissions. Would they co-operate to manage a suddenly scarce resource or would historic antipathies come to the fore?

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She is a DrPH candidate at UCB, as well as Associate Director of Emergency Obstetric Research in West Africa for the Bixby Center for Population Health and Sustainability. Stachel is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist with fourteen years of clinical experience, holding an M.D.