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Australia, Meet the Post-Growth Economy

Australia is betting its future on resource extraction for a growing China, hoping its own economy will expand to support up to twice as many people by mid-century. The folly of this strategy is exposed as China’s manufacturing falters....

The Peak Oil Crisis: Global Dynamics

It is sometimes useful when confronted with the flood of information we all receive these days to step back to ponder the major forces that currently are shaping our civilization. Although these forces are too varied and complex to...

Revolution Episode 3: Sword Porn, Hobos, Hobbits & Hobbes

Every week, PCI’s Tod Brilliant offers an assessment of NBC’s new J.J. Abrams sci-fi drama, REVOLUTION.  Why the TV talk at PCI? Two reasons: 1. PCI Population Fellow William Ryerson has spent decades advocating, with great success, the Sabido...

Economy paying dearly for the high cost of energy

Energy is everything. Without energy literally nothing happens. It’s easy to overlook the role of energy in the economy because we often just look at it as how much we spend on energy as a fraction of total GDP....

The Peak Oil Crisis: Oil & the Arctic Meltdown

Last week brought the news that this summer the Arctic icecap shrank to an all-time low of roughly half the size it was in 1980. While this is the lowest ever seen since satellite monitoring began 33 years ago,...

Revolution Episode 2: Step on a Nail and Die, Already

Every week, PCI’s Tod Brilliant will be offering an assessment of NBC’s new J.J. Abrams sci-fi drama, REVOLUTION. Why the TV talk at PCI? Two reasons: 1. PCI Population Fellow William Ryerson has spent decades advocating, with great success,...