There is no green growth

The article that popped up in my news feed was titled ‘Green growth’ doesn’t exist – less of everything is the only way to avert catastrophe. My first thought was, “I hope George Monbiot didn’t write it.” So I click on the article and, of course, George Monbiot wrote it. Don’t get me wrong, I

What does the “wealth gap” mean to you?

The difference between perception and reality fascinates me. For example, in poll after poll Americans claim that about 25% of the US federal budget goes to foreign aid. On average they argue that the foreign aid budget should be reduced to 10% of the total budget. Yet in reality less than 1% of the federal