FET (old posts)

If my last blog, about the peak of global oil production and a sustained fall in global production, contained an ounce of truth, some intere...

We have reached the lowest oil price for about a year – down around $70 a barrel from a peak of over $140 a barrel not so long ago. Is this...

Contemporary economists know that money doesn’t buy happiness. I take that back. Economists have trouble even defining money or happiness....

Just a short note this time. I have written a new wikipedia entry for the Rebound Effect - which many of you would know is the topic of my ...

No, the title is not original and there is a good reason for this – choices have long been a source of concern for many people. And in rece...

It has come up for discussion in blogs, at bbqs, and international conventions, but we are still no closer to a workable solution for valuin...

I remember a quirky line from Richard Branson’s autobiography. It went something like this – if you borrow $40,000 from the bank and can’t ...

I have witnessed an interesting trend from experts lately. And probably have for a long time, but only recently noticed. They all simply s...

A newspaper article this morning got me thinking about the untouchable issue of population growth. It is available here. Basically, the art...

I want to take up a topic that probably not many other bloggers have dealt with – dog poo. Why is this an issue for an economist environmen...