Excellent Video (2:51) On How CO2 is Acidifying & Warming Oceans

Without healthy oceans the food supply for future generations and their very existence are at risk. And we know that even if all carbon being released today from fossil fuels were to halt, the climate would continue to warm for some time. Kind of like how just because you see …

A False Choice: Either Jobs or Clean Water, Air, and Healthy Forests

Robert F. Kennedy presents a strong case that King Coal is by and large criminal given the massive amounts of regulatory violations and thus damage to local water, air, and geologic resources it wrecks. To this all one must add coal mining concerns’ repeated and ongoing attempts to mislead and …

Solar Power Usage in US and EU Builds, Policy Innovation Falters

By Walter Borden Here at the midpoint of 2014, solar power technology continues its advance while its marketplace momentum builds. Economic policy and commercial efforts designed to induce commercial innovation must keep apace.  And there are pockets of progress in the political economics of deploying solar. Take for example this …

Sustainable Ecologics and Economics At The Outset of 2014

Sustainable Economics and Ecologics At The Outset of 2014   Section I: Impact Investing 2013 Overview/2014 Outlook THE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported in September 2013 that it is “extremely likely” that human activity was the dominant cause of global warming or about 95 percent certain — typically the standard of …

The McCovery: Can low wage jobs sustain US infrastructure and middle class culture?

By Walter Borden Building an equitable work environment in our nation is not about ensuring equal outcomes for all, as often claimed. Its purpose is to create equal opportunities for all citizens. The financial press makes frequent note of the slow, steady increase in employment in the US as ex …

The Model-Detroit: Bail Ins For Main Street, Bail Outs for Wall Street

By Walter Borden MANY US cities like Detroit face pension and general service funding shortfalls. Yet for over 5 years the corporate sector has recorded historic profits as a share of GDP. In none of these years however, did they choose to undertake the simple, incremental steps that would have …

Whither Generational Theft? A Tale of Two Decouplings: Profits and Pensions, Investment and Productivity

By Walter Borden Does it make sense to tell someone that doesn’t have health insurance to go to the doctor? Does it make sense to expect jobless and underemployed citizens to save more? Many of the most profitable corporations across the US perennially underfund their pensions while simultaneously funding campaigns for …

The Road To Serfdom Is Paved With Austerity OR The Interest Rate Bubble That Isn’t Yet

By Walter Borden Have low interest rates formed an economic bubble? They are significantly lower than their 10 year average measured against similar conditions. Stephen Schwarzman of the Blackstone Group thinks so. He and others predict the next great fortunes will arise from precise timing of its bursting. Yet, fortunes …