There is a Climate Emergency According to the latest U.N. assessment, even if countries fulfil their current pledges to reduce emissions, the world is on track to warm by 3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century—a catastrophic result. In the face of this reality it is imperative that the language of a ‘climate emergency’ […]
Some Principles for a Left Economic Narrative
The defeat of Shorten in Australia and Corbyn in the UK will lead many to call for social democratic parties to situate themselves more to the centre on economic policy and to remove any references in political language to the existence of economic elites. This approach overlooks the fundamental reasons why the economic nationalist Right […]
Attraction and Evolution
Summary: Even if there are some evolutionary influences on what we find attractive, like happiness, attraction is not static. It depends, at least in part, on things we do, think and say. Both in the present and in our lived past. And this occurs in a cultural/social context as well as an evolutionary one. Chemistry? What causes […]
Inequality is THE problem
Following its review of the federal election loss, the Labor Party is to drop the term “the big end of town” because it is said to be divisive and not sufficiently appealing to aspirational Australia. The review stated: “Labor should position itself as a party of economic growth and job creation. Labor should adopt the […]
Globalisation, National Sovereignty and Economic Nationalism
Harari- Globalism v Nationalism- the new political divide? Israeli Historian Yuval Harari says people make sense of the world, including politics, through stories. He says that for the last 20-40 years the most prevalent story in the West has been that economic globalisation and political liberalisation would lead to Nirvana. From at least around 2016, […]
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