Author: Cees Armstrong
Is GDP dead: What metric should we use to guide growth?
Reading Time: 3 minutes GDP has historically been the lens through which we viewed our success: a high GDP growth meant that the economy was booming and that lives were improving, while a drop […]
How We Can Change the Electoral College System
Reading Time: 4 minutes In the year 2000, after 36 days of recounting Florida was handed to George W Bush setting the scene for his next 8 years in Washington D.C. The decisive margin, […]
An Interview with Elliott Harris, Chief Economist at the UN
Reading Time: 10 minutes I was lucky enough, along with Maxwell DeLorenzo, to have an interview with Elliot Harris, who is the chief economist at the UN, and we discussed issues as wide-ranging as […]
Brexit or Bust- Can One Have the Former Without the Latter?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Too often has Brexit been classed as an issue that will devastate the British economy. The issue is that Brexit does not necessarily mean economic depression, as promoted by campaigns […]
Solving Climate Change from the Inside Out
Reading Time: 2 minutes In 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, causing massive damage both to lives and infrastructure: over 1300 people died and $125 billions of damage was caused. This is the future of […]
What are the Main Challenges Cities in the Global South Face When Looking to be Sustainable?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Problems for the sustainability of emerging cities generally fall in two main interrelated brackets: environmental and economic. The creation of sustainable cities, defined as a city designed taking into account […]