The Covid-19 crisis creates a chance to reset economies on a sustainable footing | James Shaw
New Zealand climate minister says governments must not just return to the way things were, and instead plot a new course to ease climate change...
The Role of Finance in Achieving Sustainability
Last month, the Earth Institute celebrated the publication of a new book and heard from panelists on the role of harnessing financial acumen to achieve...
A just and sustainable economic response to coronavirus, explained
After days of tense negotiations — and Democrats twice blocking the nearly $2 trillion package — the Senate and Treasury Department appear to have reached...
A Moderate Proposal: Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry
We’re facing a shale crash, a likely recession, and a surefire climate crisis. One particular policy could help solve all three problems.
Reinventing Capitalism
Mankind is faced with a profound dilemma. To resist growth is to risk economic collapse. To continue to pursue growth relentlessly ensures collapse of our...
The next president can force the financial sector to take climate change seriously
Obama, Dodd, and Frank. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images With the help of Dodd-Frank, the president won’t need Congress. A growing chorus of voices is warning...
CAN WE HAVE PROSPERITY WITHOUT GROWTH?
In 1930, the English economist John Maynard Keynes took a break from writing about the problems of the interwar economy and indulged in a bit...
Climate Change Could Blow Up the Economy. Banks Aren’t Ready
Climate change has already been blamed for deadly bush fires in Australia, withering coral reefs, rising sea levels and ever more cataclysmic storms. Could it...