Why the hype over Paris and #COP21? Politics, psychology and money

An essay on hype, history, denialism and the fossil fuel lobby. I hope I am wrong, and that Paris is indeed the “turning point” it is being hyped as. It won't take us long to find out – two or three years, I reckon. Personally, I think it will run into the sand in much... Continue Reading →

December 13, 2015 7

Remington Steele and Carbon Capture and Storage. No, honestly.

There was an episode of the 80s guilty-pleasure private eye show "Remington Steele" (starring Pierce Brosnan avant la 007) that has something to say about neo-institutional theory and economic sociology. Sort of. The episode, called "Steele Knuckles, Glass Jaws" (the titles always had a pun on steel/still) has a boxer is trying to stay in... Continue Reading →

May 18, 2015 0