An obsession with celebrity is costing us more than our free time - it has led to a culture in which individual endeavour is the only form of success
Competition is corroding our communities and self-esteem Molly Scott Cato | 16th February 2010 Comment Society Politics And Economics Work Co-ops molly.jpg An obsession with celebrity is costing us …
Claims that we need a 'big society' to fix our 'broken' one are just Victorian throwbacks - we have the business tools to survive; we just need a co-operative attitude to go with them
… that engaging in a scheme that benefits the community at large would itself constitute bad … TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Saving and rebuilding community shops Mourning the loss of your … local shop? With a little help from the Community Shops Network, you can set up and …
Creating cash should not be the responsibility of the private banking system, but of the common wealth. Let’s get mutual, urge Molly Scott Cato and Martin Large
… underpins an economy based in the heart of a community. It is exactly 150 years since … to save and borrow money within a defined community. This close connection builds a sort … available on the supermarket shelves. Stroud Community Assets is being set up for local …
'Rational Economic Man' can be a useful mathematical construct. The trouble is, far too many economists seem to have taken him to their heart, and now believe him to be real
… spent at local shops gets reinvested in the community and fosters community spirit and involvement. Learn all … TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Saving and rebuilding community shops Mourning the loss of your …
The IPCC's latest report makes a stark contrast with Osborne's recent budget, writes Molly Scott Cato. It was all about sacrificing our future for short term benefit - when as the IPCC makes clear, what we need is the precise opposite.
… explains our inability as a global community to deal seriously with the threat of …
Molly would glady have been tied to the stake with the other Metric Martyrs... but, being that she wasn't, she's keen to point out why weights and measures matter to all
… designs and associations of the new spate of community currencies. My own, the Stroud pound … of the diversity of life in that more urban community. These images and associations …
Animals bred for meat now consume a third of all vegetable crops. This has increased dramatically since a ban on pigswill following the Foot and Mouth outbreak in the UK. But it is an appalling waste. Japan can show the way to feeding pigs our waste food which is safe, argues the Green MEP MOLLY SCOTT CATO
… that they treat you as an equal. In a peasant community, pigs play a vital role in consuming …
Why, asks Molly Scott Cato, did it take a volcanic eruption to demonstrate to us the hugely fragile links that hold our modern lives and economy together?
Iceland's volanco revealed the deep ignorance of jet-setters Molly Scott Cato | 14th May 2010 Comment Society Green Living Natural World Volcano Aviation molly.jpg Why, asks Molly Scott Cato, did it …
The whole notion of a 'work/life balance' is a symptom of how divided we have become from what makes our lives meaningful, and what brings home the bacon
… by fossil fuels work was also shared within a community—haymaking being a good …
Gordon Brown's Budget was disappointing. But not just because of its economic niceties. It fails to address key issues which have become taboo amongst economists - money, debt and economic growth. Molly Scott Cato, a green economist and Senior Lecturer in Social Economy at the Cardiff School of Management, addresses all three...
Not so much 'green' as 'cabbage looking' Molly Scott Cato | 22nd March 2007 Comment Economics Gordon Brown Budget Growth UK Economics Globalisation Subsidies Fair Trade Politics And Economics Society …
The French have a much better word for it: 'decroissance'. Using ugly and frightening terms like 'degrowth' won't help pave the way for a new and exciting economics
We scare people off by talking about 'degrowth' Molly Scott Cato | 14th July 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Growth Recession Degrowth Decroissance molly.jpg The French have a much better word …