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Connecting the dots between the cost of energy and such traditional measures of the economy as GDP, jobs, and the health of the US dollar, along with re-localization.

Bubbles and Backlashes

By R. Michael Conley | October 8, 2015

financial panic

Financial markets have been turbulent as of late with no end in sight. A sagging global economy could overwhelm America’s recovery efforts with toxic effects on key climate change and clean energy initiatives now underway. The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to postpone an interest rate hike is but one reflection of their deep global concern. In a world of multiple, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: China, climate science deniers, economic crisis

Local economy or local-washing?

By Sherry Ackerman | August 4, 2015

Buy local

"Local" has become a buzzword. Today there’s eco-localism, local food and local farming, local media movements, as well as regional, state, and even national ad campaigns urging us to “eat local" and "buy local.” Local's gone global, but what exactly does the term mean anymore? David Levine, of the American Sustainable Business Council, discusses the “triple bottom line” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: Buy Local, Wendell Berry

Consumer worldview not as entrenched as you think

By Sherry Ackerman | June 30, 2015

consumer worldview

A worldview is a basic way of interpreting things and events that pervades a culture so thoroughly that it becomes that culture's concept of reality — what is good, what is important, what is sacred, and what is real.  It is so invasive that it is invisible. It is simply assumed to be true apart from any inquiry into its validity. If a worldview maintains that the emperor is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Economy Tagged With: consumerism, Naomi Klein

The cyber blitzkrieg

By R. Michael Conley | April 21, 2015

cybercrime

The forces of the perfect storm of climate change, energy tsunamis and global economic bubbles in collision are complex and varied; each with their own levels of threat and urgency. In this milieu, it's easy to over-fixate on the more visible threats and downplay the others. Case in point: The Iranian nuclear showdown has dominated the news and polarized the geopolitical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy Tagged With: cyber-warfare, Internet security

Dollars are worthless without crude oil

By Allan Stromfeldt Christensen | March 9, 2015

Money as energy

In my previous post I drew some parallels between energy and money – and more specifically, energy and banking – and pointed out that when money is at stake, the presence of energy is likely lurking somewhere in the shadows. It was mostly hypotheses and observations I was throwing around about energy and banking, but when it comes to energy and money, one can hardly overstate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Economy, Energy Tagged With: Energy, fiat currency, money

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