Being human is a
market failure
The IEA writes, “the energy savings identified in the Efficient World Scenario will not happen if market actors are left to their own devices” (IEA WEO 2012 chapter 10). To enable a change they mention six issues to put full focus on the energy efficiency.
Planetary Defense is a Public Good Marginal Revolution (reslic). More proof that economists need to get out more. Species loss is a vastly higher and rapidly escalating risk to humans than The Asteroid. See how long we last with no bees, for instance.
“Our job is to redistribute wealth back into the hands of working families.”
In Front of 10,000 in Madison, Bernie Sanders Calls for Wealth Redistribution
The IEA writes, “the energy savings identified in the Efficient World Scenario will not happen if market actors are left to their own devices” (IEA WEO 2012 chapter 10). To enable a change they mention six issues to put full focus on the energy efficiency.
Planetary Defense is a Public Good Marginal Revolution (reslic). More proof that economists need to get out more. Species loss is a vastly higher and rapidly escalating risk to humans than The Asteroid. See how long we last with no bees, for instance.
“Our job is to redistribute wealth back into the hands of working families.”
In Front of 10,000 in Madison, Bernie Sanders Calls for Wealth Redistribution
The urgency of fixing income disparities around the world
Inequality Is Enemy No. 1
“There are idiots. Look around." So began a famous economics paper by
Larry Summers, who was a lauded academic before he became US Treasury
secretary. It is perhaps the most concise expression of behavioural economics.
Accounting Professor Who Specialized in Ethics Cheated on Lots of His Papers (Caleb Newquist, Going Concern). I wonder if this is the inventor of the take-home ethics exam.
Drug Money Laundered by Two Florida Police Agencies, And Stark Corruption at All Levels of Government Kevin Gosztola, Firedoglake
Life at Deloitte Includes Slow Days (Caleb Newquist, Going Concern).
KPMG Gives Employees Enough Ice Cream to Last Them a Week (Caleb Newquist, Going Concern)
Robert Wood, Record 27 Years Prison For Tax Fraud, Beating Tax Fraud Queen’s 21 Years. The guy allegedly collected 7,000 Social Security numbers and scammed $1.8 in stolen refunds. Considering the hassle he created for the rightful holders of those numbers, that sounds about right.
NAO
challenges government on diversity
Accountancy Live, 26/6/15. HMRC, the Treasury and the accountancy profession are coming under pressure to provide more detailed analysis of their efforts to widen diversity and social mobility, with the latest salvo from the National Audit Office (NAO), which is arguing that the government’s departments lack the information needed to ensure they are valuing and maximising the contribution of all staff and candidates and so risk missing out on the business benefits of an inclusive workforce.
*Report - Equality, diversity, and inclusion in the civil service
Accountancy Live, 26/6/15. HMRC, the Treasury and the accountancy profession are coming under pressure to provide more detailed analysis of their efforts to widen diversity and social mobility, with the latest salvo from the National Audit Office (NAO), which is arguing that the government’s departments lack the information needed to ensure they are valuing and maximising the contribution of all staff and candidates and so risk missing out on the business benefits of an inclusive workforce.
*Report - Equality, diversity, and inclusion in the civil service
