This E-book, produced from earlier writings, attempts to explain how Real Capital – a cornerstone of the means of production – gets depleted by thecurrent system. Rather the creating a platform for future prosperity, thesystem is removing the very things that coming generations need to be ableto provide for themselves. The hope is that this … Continue reading “Real Capital: needs regenerating not depleting for profit”
Circular economy thinking, taking hold among policy makers, civil servants and scientists alike could be the answer to reducing material load, de fossilising and creating green jobs. Doughnut economic frames a reasonable operating space for this new economy. This article explores the possibilities to create metrics for the circular economy doughnut at a national or regional level.
As circular economy thinking takes hold among policy makers, civil servants and scientists, policy is tending towards circular as a strategy to reach environmental objectives. Hopes are that production systems will continue to deliver and indeed grow economically, but with far less material and fossil energy intensity. This article explains why that might not be so easy and offers a way forward.
My recent article on how come capitalism is an extractive practice, and the later explainer of how it degrades real capital got, for me at least, a lot of interest. Very few, however, asked what could be done about it. Let’s do just that. We have described the problem, now we can get on and solve it. There are … Continue reading “Three hacks that could put capitalism back into its box”
This article follows on from the previous one in the series on explainers about capitalism “What exactly about capitalism means it extracts and exploits?“. We are gravitating towards offering a solution but we need to take a deeper look at what we mean by capital.
This article follows on from the previous one in the series on explainers about capitalism “What exactly about capitalism means it extracts and exploits?“. We are gravitating towards offering a solution but we need to take a deeper look at what we mean by capital.
My recent article on how come capitalism is an extractive practice, and the later explainer of how it degrades real capital got, for me at least, a lot of interest. Very few, however, asked what could be done about it. Once you know the problem you are a long way to solving it. There are … Continue reading “Simple quick fixes to capitalism you never knew could be done”
Some investment visionaries are rubbing their hands in gleeful anticipation of what AI (artificial intelligence) can do and what they can earn from it. AI has already shown that it can, cheaper and better, do the jobs of warehouse workers, doctors, lawyers and so many other professions. We ask the question what if it could … Continue reading “Opinion: AI will do away with capitalism as we know it”
This article follows on from the previous one in the series on explainers about capitalism “What exactly about capitalism means it extracts and exploits?“. We are gravitating towards offering a solution but we need to take a deeper look at what we mean by capital.
Not crony capitalism, not raw capitalism, not capitalism in the hands of wrong people but capitalism itself is the cause of the environmental degradation and social misery we see around us. Capitalism offers the rules if you like, the players play by those rules, and the results are what we see. If I am going … Continue reading “What exactly about capitalism means it extracts and exploits?”
Stephen Hinton Consulting 