Italy’s political tsunami
The result of the recent Italian political elections have been likened to a political earthquake. International political analysts have been puzzled by the result for a couple of reasons. First, […]
The World Economic Forum and the return of growth fairy tale
Recently the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, came to a conclusion. My attention was caught by the mildly positive statements of some of his most notorious […]
Energy, complexity and…direct democracy?
One Italian politician, Nichi Vendola, allegedly claimed that “politics is the art of managing complexity“. Today this statement raises at least two questions: what is politics and what is complexity. […]
On Money & Debt…Finally!
Those who know me won’t be surprised about this post. At all. I have been preaching about this stuff for a long time. Perhaps putting it down in this blog […]
Natural or Mechanical?
Robert Ulanowicz is one of the most eclectic scientists I have ever read. A chemical engineer turned ecologist, I came across one of his articles more than ten years ago, […]
