We recently shared on social media this article called “What Bill Gates doesn’t know about poverty” (originally published by TheRules.org). The article deals with the fact that although Gates has a noble purpose trying to help eradicate poverty, he seems to be...
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is like Green Growth, Inclusive Growth, Green Economy and so many other catch-all and concepts which are too vague and broad to be useful: nice labels put on ‘business as usual’ policies avoiding the radical changes that are required....
This article series has been co-published with Occupy.com Written by: Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk Reach the authors on Twitter at: @alnoorladha and @martinkirk_ny. In the part one of this series, we explored some initial ‘dangerous thinking’ – how ideology is the...
This article series has been co-published with Occupy.com Written by: Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk Reach the authors on Twitter at: @alnoorladha and @martinkirk_ny. That is, there are no dangerous thoughts for the simple reason that thinking itself is...
The Neoliberal Ideology These days, it’s fashionable to use the term ‘ideology’ as a pejorative; to be ideological is to be unreasonable, rigid, caught in thrall to a belief system and untethered from rationality. Political opponents are ideological, we’re not. But...
