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Climate Economics and Finance are completely ignored by the private sector based financial sector and other economic sector participants.
The climate-related financial disclosures aka #TFCDs and other nudges, being promoted by different global financial institutions and economic blocs, have not yet reached many countries.
Most banks and other firms are now investing in climate-related risk modelling and stress testing.
Central Banks in the Third World should ask licensed banks to do the same to promote a Green, Clean, and Care Economy.
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It's quite something to watch a nation that didn't emerge until a century after it ended reinvent #feudalism...

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

...presented as a great leap forward by a former #HedgeFund manager, no less!
Herded towards the cliff by the #BigFour (dodgy) Accountants of the #Apocalypse...
eand.co/our-civilizati…

(Who'da thunk that #externalities aren't so 'external' in a finite #ecosystem?)
Those who still read books get it, of course:

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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 12/18/2020 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2020/12/18/dai…
Satellite tracking supports whale survival

phys.org/news/2020-12-s…

#satellites #whales #survival
Playing Go with Darwin - Issue 94: Evolving - Nautilus

nautil.us/issue/94/evolv…

#darwin #EvolutionaryPurpose #strategy #chess #go
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 12/17/2020 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2020/12/17/dai…
Are the elites worse than you think? - Marginal REVOLUTION

marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

#elites #DecisionMaking
Congress to Pass $17 Billion Bailout of Airline Shareholders & Bondholders, to Top Off Prior Bailout. Industry Applauds, Airline Stocks Jump | Wolf Street

wolfstreet.com/2020/12/15/con…

#bailout
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Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 12/05/2020 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2020/12/05/dai…
Study: Countering hate on social media | Santa Fe Institute

santafe.edu/news-center/ne…

#SocialMedia #hate
Comparative host-coronavirus protein interaction networks reveal pan-viral disease mechanisms | Science

science.sciencemag.org/content/370/65…

#comparative #disease #networks #interaction #protein #science
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SFI President David Krakauer introduces our annual board of trustees symposium on New #Complexity #Economics - follow this thread for live coverage of talks by @EricBeinhocker @AKStanger @ole_b_peters @JacksonmMatt @cmoncap & W. Brian Arthur today...
"I think we have to be aware that we're not just discussing financial systems. We are discussing the future of the stability of the planet."

- David Krakauer
on #Complexity #Economics
"What is the #economy? I would argue that it doesn't exist in the physical world. It is a product of our #imagination. It is made out of #ideas. It does have an effect on the physical world. But the imagined order that we have is not succeeding."

- @EricBeinhocker
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John Maynard #Keynes was born on June 5, 1883, and died too early. Here's a few thoughts on why I keep circling back to him, & why his work forces 2 rethink the way we do & teach #economics, esp. #micro. I am sure this (partial) thread will upset someone: apologies in advance. 1/
#Keynes understood that #macroeconomics is about emergent properties: aggregate outcomes that don't make sense 2 the individuals populating the economy. The logic, e.g., of the #IncomeExpenditure model is that an economy can coordinate along any point on the 45-degree line.. 2/
and that, accordingly, we should expect economies to operate with slack. Then you have the #ParadoxofThrift and all that. He also talked about the #ParadoxofCosts when he discusses redistribution to lower income people who have higher propensity to consume... 3/
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#Panel discussion on "What is the new normal for #CESEE?"
@wiiw_news #wiiwSpringSeminar
Vizek: "Very strong public sector, lot of informal economy. Croatia experienced slow growth before, so new normal not really new. But political willingness to reform very low."
Zubovic: positive trends in #Serbia: - rapid #growth in #IT sector over last 3/4 years w/ 3% to 6% share of GDP - Huge Chinese #investments, but with #externalities - Macroeconomic #stability, no fiscal #deficit anymore - foreign #debt declining - Substantial growth of #GDP
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New #PeerReview: Meat consumption, health, and the environment: science.sciencemag.org/content/361/63…
Key takeaways: "The strongest evidence of a specific adverse effect is the increased risk of colorectal cancer with high intakes of processed meat."
Agriculture uses more freshwater than any other human activity, with nearly one-third globally required for livestock.
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