On Sunday night I was woken at 2am by the sound of chainsaws. My first thought that I was dreaming … Read More
In Praise of Trees
Environment
A New Bretton Woods
Next week I shall be traveling to Bretton Woods in New Hampshire for an event called the Global Economic Visioning. … Read More
Mother Nature and Father Greed
“There is only one force bigger than Mother Nature, and that is Father Greed.” So writes the Pulitzer Prize winning … Read More
Yin, Yang, and Jung
Many, many years ago – in 1985 in fact – I took Economics A-level. I had a lovely and extremely … Read More
Announcing The Sisters
“Life is too short for second rate ambitions.” – Ranulph Fiennes, explorer There’s a blessing, and the curse, of … Read More
Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology x Wisdom
“The most exciting breakthroughs of the twenty-first century will not occur because of technology, but because of an expanding concept … Read More
Rethinking Money
Is our monetary system failing us? The book I mentioned last week, Rethinking Money: How New Currencies Turn Scarcity into … Read More
Money Makes The World Go Round?
When I give a talk about my adventures, I almost always describe the obituary exercise that I did around 20 … Read More
Humans Today, Gone Tomorrow
This week I took a road trip with my mother (79 years young) to the island of Arran, off the … Read More