Sometimes, it can only take a single individual who's got a profile and a following among the young to shift expectations, or to introduce new ideas to make something that once seemed the preserve of some scientists and policy nerds, something that we should all be thinking about, i think sport has a huge role to play in this.

Andrew Simms

It's a topsy-turvy world in which a country can import the same amount of ice-cream, toilet paper and other goods to trading partners as it exports, and where top bankers are paid millions for destroying economic value, while hospital cleaners create value many times their pay

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Economics becomes redundant if it can rationalise an exchange tha... by Andrew Simms

Economics becomes redundant if it can rationalise an exchange that sells the future of humankind.

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We are about half a century away from being ecologically and economically bankrupt because of global warming

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Growth has failed on its own terms. You can't have infinite growt... by Andrew Simms

Growth has failed on its own terms. You can't have infinite growth in a world of finite resources.

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Britain has squandered its windfall of natural resources from North Sea oil and gas. Instead of prudently investing the 'unearned income' from nature, to build a safe, clean and green energy supply for the nation, we face unnecessary shortages. But there is still a chance to put the proceeds from liquidating our fossil fuel assets to better and more appropriate use. Instead of oil companies profiteering from climate change and oil depletion, a windfall tax could establish an Oil Legacy Fund to pay for Britain's urgent transition to a sustainable, decentralised energy system

We know the sport at the highest level is profoundly influential on people's behaviors, the fact that they're talking about these issues around diet, around food, around putting an emphasis on using buses rather than private cars is an incredibly important signal about the kinds of behavioral change that we need to make.