Economic Growth

Hooray for the Underdog

ROB DIETZ 2011-04-14

Underdogs of the world unite!

What's more compelling than an astonishing upset? We seem instinctively drawn to the underdog; we routinely root for the resilient scrapper who refuses to back down. It's why Team USA over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics has been memorialized as the Miracle on Ice. It's why we cheered when Rocky Balboa went toe to toe with Apollo Creed (and subsequently KO'd All the President’s Men, Network, and Taxi Driver at the Oscars). It's why Harry Truman's defeat of Thomas Dewey in 1948 is one of the most famous U.S. Presidential elections. And it's why David and Goliath is one of the most beloved biblical stories....

The European environment – state and outlook 2010

JIMMY FLINDT 2011-05-27

SOER2010 provides a set of assessments of the current state of Europe's environment, its likely future state, what is being done and what could be done to improve it, how global megatrends might affect future trends... and more.

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Nicole Foss: Resources May Become a Complete Curse

JOHAN ERLANDSSON 2011-03-28

I'm tall, blond and covered in bags. That's how Nicole Foss described herself on the telephone before I met her at the Gothenburg Central Station. Nicole is on a two month European tour to deliver her message about the coming credit- and energy crisis....

From the Ecobuild Conference in London: Ending our Love Affair with More

JACQUI BONNITCHA 2011-03-25

From Left to Right: Anthony Grayling,Rita Clifton, moderator Samira Ahmed and Richard Douthwaite. (Clive Hamilton presented via video conference)

Many seminars held at the recent Ecobuild event in London addressed individual behavior and consumption habits. In one of the more lively seminars four commentators from academia and business presented vastly different perspectives on the basis of our 'love affair with more'....

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