Climate Action
Zero carbon by 2050 is possible. Here's what we need to do
If sufficiently forceful action is taken over the next few years and sustained over the next three decades, we can cut emissions to net zero carbon levels
Lord J. Adair Turner
Studies in history and economics. 1979-82, taught economics, Cambridge; with BP and Chase Manhattan Bank; 1982, with McKinsey & Co. incl.: 1988, Partner; 1994, Director; 1992-95. 1995-99, Director-General, Confederation of British Industry. 2005, Independent Member, House of Lords. Chairman: 2002-06 UK Low Pay Commission; 2008-12, UK Climate Change Commission; 2008-13, FSA. 2013, Senior Fellow, Centre for Financial Studies, Frankfurt. Visiting Fellow, People’s Bank of China School of Finance, Tsinghua University. Trustee, British Museum. Honorary Fellow, Royal Society and London Business School. Author: Just Capital - The Liberal Economy (2001); Economics after the Crisis (2012); Between Debt and the Devil (2015)
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Urban Transformation
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
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The valid insight behind "modern monetary theory" – that governments and central banks together can always create nominal demand – was explained by Milton Friedman in 1948. But it is vita...
Nature and Biodiversity
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With the technology we have today, it is entirely feasible to decarbonise the global economy, writes Adair Turner. But do we have the will to do it?
Economic Growth
El exitoso modelo económico de Japón
Casi todos dicen que el modelo económico de Japón ha implosionado. Desde 1991, el crecimiento promedio ha sido apenas un 0,9%, contra el 4,5% de las dos décadas previas.
Jobs and the Future of Work
We're living in the age of the zero-sum economy
Economic activity increasingly performs a merely distributive function, writes Adair Turner, Chairman of the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
Jobs and the Future of Work
Falling fertility rates in the US don't mean economic collapse. Here's why
Fertility rates at around the current US level do not pose severe problems – and bring some benefits.
Emerging Technologies
We can go green without going into the red. Here's how
Investment and policy changes could create a long-term fall in the costs of creating a zero-carbon economy.
Energy Transition
El bajo costo de una economía descarbonizada
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Financial and Monetary Systems
Is productivity growth becoming irrelevant?
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Geo-Economics and Politics
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