Tag Archives: behavioural economics
Practical policy to prepare for a difficult future
People say: “You have to have practical policies, it’s no use dreaming.” Here goes. First, forget about a functioning “modern” society where everything is on tap 24 x 7. You saw how New York functioned during Sandy. Life will become … Continue reading
Restraint. Why and how it can save us.
Here are some bad things: Obesity Israelis and Palestinians beating the hell out of each other Goldman Sachs before the crash (and possibly after it) A fox going wild in a chicken run The chaps on Easter Island who cut … Continue reading
Restraint, not sacrifice is key to cutting emissions
The word “sacrifice” is used when people want to mock and reject the idea of behavioural change to cut emissions. They say “saving the planet can’t be about sacrifice because no-one will do it”. Then they start talking about sackcloth … Continue reading
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Tagged behavioural economics, belief economics, climate change policy, restraint, sacrifice
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Sandy’s silver lining – a chance for a new narrative on climate change
The cloud that was Sandy was so vast, that it was statistically likely to have a silver lining. That silver lining is the fact that Americans can now talk about climate change without embarrassment. They might even start talking about … Continue reading
Nurturing the inner-treehugger as a policy to cut emissions
In yesterday’s Financial Times Patti Waldmeir writes of China’s discovery of its “inner tree-hugger” (http://ow.ly/f9O7E) and efforts to encourage Chinese children to get outside and see nature. Have the Chinese been secretly reading Climate Change for Football Fans, chapter 53? … Continue reading