Archive for the ‘The money system’ Category
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Updated power-point presentation of Flexible Emission Fees
Sustainable Economic Growth with pollution fees from Stephen Hinton This presentation is a longer version of the one prepared for a presentation at the Swedish Agency of Economic Growth.
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A Carbon fee would put the brakes on global warming before it’s too late
In an article in The Times of Trenton, Ellie Whitney, Ph.D., points out that A Carbon fee would put the brakes on global warming before it’s too late She describes the Flexible Fee mechanism as promoted by the Foundation, and propogated by many prominant climate scientists like James Hansen. The Foundation is pleased to see [...]
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Comprehensive information package
This collection of documents is for those wishing to gain a comprehensive understanding of Flexible Fees. For More information please contact the Foundation.
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Flexible emission fees set new direction towards sustainable development?
A recent report from The Nordic Council of Ministers ( title: Flexible emission fees - An incentive for driving sustainable production and consumption) is optimistic that growth and environmental goals can be reconciled. If the conclusions of the report can be implemented, it could set a new direction towards sustainable development. The starting point for the [...]
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Lack of cheap energy will undermine economic growth – decoupling impossible
“Lack of cheap energy will undermine economic growth – decoupling is impossible,” says economic analyst and writer Nicole Foss. The whole debate on decoupling, energy effectiveness and energy intensity etc., is complex and needs a lot of research. As a starting point, here is a video of Nicole speaking in Stockholm.
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Why there is still plenty of money to build a prosperous future
There are plenty of resources around. And there is much we can do to use them to handle the current crisis. But the strategy of saving is actually a strategy of waste. Stopping spending, having people unemployed and not investing is a waste of the real resources we have. We await the new”Story of” film [...]
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The connection between sustainability and economics
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We need a new economic paradigm
In this powerpoint, Board Member and inventor of the flexible emissions fee mechanism, Anders Höglund, explains why we need to look for a new paradigm for management of the economy. The presentation goes on to set the basic requirements on such a paradigm and identifies essential components of a system which serves our needs. Download the presentation [...]
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Lloyds energy report warns of dire economic consequences of energy crunch
Read the full report here. 7238_lloyds_360_energy_pages
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We overshot on the 21 August
If your year’s salary was used up nine months into the year, and you were forced to live on savings and use up assets, you would rightly be criticised for not keeping control of your economy. That is, however, precisely what we are doing. Humanity has demanded all the ecological services – from filtering CO2 [...]
