At a recent Royal Society of the Arts (RSA) lecture on Feb 19, 2009, Environment Agency Chairman (Lord) Chris Smith delivered a measured analysis of ‘the seriousness of the economic and environmental challenges that we currently face - and the recognition that the economic turmoil we are going through is an opportunity to change as well [...]
Tag Archives: Davos
If you don't like what you've seen of Davos Man, wait till you see Nationalist Man get to work.
February 5, 2009 – 10:22 am
By Timothy Garton Ash. Davos Man, ‘the most highly evolved mammal on the planet’, should say ’sorry’ for the economic mess he’s got us into, according to a recent piece by British Conservative MP and journalist, Michael Gove. Conservative party leader, David Cameron. Cameron was a Davos Man last year too. Clearly Mr Gove is calling on his [...]
This is not a detour on the road to Shangri-la. It's the path to perdition.
January 30, 2009 – 10:33 pm
Sally Buchanan made an important point about the inflation/deflation question in her comment below. We may require a re-alignment of our entire value system. The much-misued Utilitarian term ‘greatest good for the greatest possible number’ might depend on thinking about what we do and how we do it based upon what we, and the planet, [...]
Credit crunch contrition from the commentariat
This morning an Editorial Intelligence (EI) briefing on ‘The Credit Crunch Commentariat‘ debated whether the media had talked us into recession or had downplayed the crisis and thus exacerbated its impact. “What, pray, is all the fuss about?” wrote Ex Economist editor, Bill Emmott, in the Guardian in August 2008. “Unemployment is down, the economy is [...]