Intelligent policies will be largely self-regulating in the sense that the system of incentives and standards makes it absolutely ludicrous to not move towards clean, internalized systems of cost and production.

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Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will...

Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will...

All is connected...no one thing can change by itself.

All is connected...no one thing can change by itself.

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that...

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that...

In short, industrialism is over.

In short, industrialism is over.

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural...

We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural...

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do,...

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do,...

That inefficiency is masked because growth and progress are measured in money, and money does...

That inefficiency is masked because growth and progress are measured in money, and money does...

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our...

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our...

Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being...

Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being...

That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the...

That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the...

Businesses who are members of Businesses for Social Responsibility or the Social Venture Network are...

Businesses who are members of Businesses for Social Responsibility or the Social Venture Network are...

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of...

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of...

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied,...

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied,...

The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds,...

The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds,...

A local company has more accountability.

A local company has more accountability.

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel...

And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel...

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not...

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not...

All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.