- Ammon Bundy ·
What Bundy and His Merry Militia Can Learn From TransCanada
Ammon Bundy and his assault-rifle-packing militia took over the Malheur National Refuge in eastern Oregon to kick off the New…
- Climate Change ·
Progress at COP Encouraging, But Misses Pope Francis as Modernity’s Galileo
It was exciting to be in Paris during the COP talks on Climate. There was an unprecedented united movement of…
- Climate Change ·
How Paris Changes Our Work
It doesn’t. Proximity amplifies the terror. And the fear. I learned that on 9-11. I agonize as I mourn those…
- Energy Network Science ·
Franciscan Economics & Regenerative Capitalism
We are pleased to share with you this unsolicited guest blog post from Bob E. Ulanowicz, an American theoretical ecologist and philosopher. The recent…
- Carbon ·
BoE Central Banker Addresses Stranded Assets
We were very encouraged to hear Bank of England Governor Mark Carney address the financial market stabilization risk of “stranded…
- Adam Smith ·
The Pope’s Message on Ecology and Economy
How to reconcile the “invisible hand” with the “Golden Rule?” That question first preoccupied my mind while I was a…
- Competition ·
Trump and Amazon: Are We Losing With All Our “Winning?”
Like many of you, I have been trying to make sense of candidate Trump. But dismissing him as “not serious,”…
- Regenerative Economy ·
The Problem of Rising Rents and Falling Incomes Seen Through the Regenerative Lens
This week’s guest blogger is Dr. Sally Goerner, Capital Institute’s Science Advisor. We are the poorest urban county not because we…
- Goldman Sachs ·
Is There Anyone’s Money Harvard Would Not Take?
It’s fitting that Hedge Fund speculator John Paulson gave his $400 million donation to Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied…
- Columbia University ·
Trading Away Our Sovereignty
This post was previously published on the Huffington Post’s Business page. “Free Trade” was in the news this Memorial Day…
- Anthropocene ·
How Finance Can Help Save Our Planet
The following post was adapted from a chapter I wrote for John G. Taft’s new book, A Force for Good,…
- Climate Change ·
China: Ecological Civilization Rising?
Returning to China for the first time in a quarter century this month was equally awe inspiring and terrifying. The…
- Climate Change ·
How About a ‘Not-So-Fast’ Track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a potentially historic trade agreement being aggressively pursued by the Obama administration, represents a cornerstone in…
- Capitalism ·
MONEYBALL: Reinventing the Game of Capitalism Using a New Scientific Model
We are pleased to introduce this week’s guest blogger, Dr. Sally Goerner, who is joining Capital Institute as a Science…
- Divestment ·
The Club of Rome’s Next Act
The Club of Rome was founded in 1968 but really came into the public eye with the publication of Limits…