Tag Archives: Economy
Living in an age of desire and anxiety
Graham Peebles argues that as long as desire – a fundamental component of the neoliberal socio-economic order – dominates the system that feeds on it, anxiety will persist and discontent and conflict, within the individual and society will continue. Read more [...]
Ending pollution requires a change of attitudes
Graham Peebles says while governments need to take a leading role to stop the pollution that is poisoning our environment, we all need to change the way we think and how we live, if our planet is to survive. Read more [...]
The need for cooperation and unity
Graham Peebles examines the destructive effects of competition – the guiding principle of our time – and argues that “cooperation needs to replace competition in all areas, tolerance substituted for prejudice and hate, sufficiency and sharing encouraged in place of excess and greed”. Read more [...]
Seeking happiness beyond neoliberal consumerism
Graham Peebles examines the roots of unhappiness inherent in our neoliberal, consumption-and-competition-based world, and argues that true happiness is experienced when we cease searching and when we stop desiring. Read more [...]
Climate change: The catastrophic impact on developing countries
Graham Peebles outlines the likely devastating impact of climate change on the poorest countries of the world – a likelihood that has increased with the USA’s leaving the Paris agreement – and stresses the urgent need for remedial action. Read more [...]
The poison of commercialisation and social injustice
Graham Peebles recounts the harm done to societies by commercialisation, and says an alternative built on sharing, common purpose and recognition that collaboration, not competition, is the way forward, is beginning to take root. Read more [...]
Grotesque inequality and anxiety
Graham Peebles examines the relationship between inequality and the expectations arising from the socio-economic model that creates such inequality on the one hand, and anxiety and depression – which are reaching epidemic proportions – on the other. Read more [...]
The revolution in work calls for an evolution in living
Graham Peebles explores some of the ideas that are being discussed for a radical alternative to the prevailing social and economic paradigm, ones where justice, equality and human dignity replace poverty, competition and waste. Read more [...]
Trump’s assault on human kindness, cooperation and the environment
Graham Peebles outlines the grave dangers posed by President Trump and urges people to consistently and creatively engage in coordinated, peaceful protests if Trump and his like are to be cast aside. Read more [...]
Searching for peace in a troubled world
Graham Peebles sees inequality at the heart of conflicts and says to achieve piece one must begin by instilling in individuals the principle of sharing, from which cooperation, tolerance and understanding will flow. Read more [...]
