maandag 4 januari 2010

The future of capitalism: Building a sustainable energy future

In a collaboration between Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and McKinsey, a panel of experts and CEOs from leading energy companies debate the critical scientific, resource, and policy issues challenging energy sustainability today.
Read this article on McKinsey here.

Understanding the bad bank

For many, this is the best exit from the financial crisis—but the choices entailed are not straightforward.
Read this article from McKinsey here.

Max Schulz: Population control: An ugly solution to climate change

Want to save the planet from global warming? Forget about getting rid of coal plants or the internal combustion engine. Get rid of the humans. They're the true problem.

That insidious message gained new currency with the United Nations Copenhagen climate change circus this month. While the conference likely will be remembered for participants' failure to reach a binding emissions reduction agreement, its legacy may be that it brought mainstream respectability to the fringe left-wing notion that mankind is a scourge on the planet.
Read the full article on washingtonexaminer.com here.

Quarterly newsletter of the Federal Planning Bureau

Read this report here.

La Belgique, cas d'école du désendettement dans la zone euro

Les pays de la zone euro confrontés à l'envolée de leur dette publique pourraient s'inspirer de l'expérience de la Belgique, qui a montré comment se sortir au plus vite de la spirale des déficits, mais qui souligne aussi les risques posés par la paralysie politique.
Lisez l'article complet dans lepoint.fr ici.