Why Green Capitalism Will Never Be Green Enough
Roar Bjonnes
An emerging economy is replacing capitalism in all its shapes and forms – and it is not called green capitalism.
Author: Roar Bjonnes
Roar Bjonnes
Roar Bjonnes is the co-founder of Systems Change Alliance, a long-time environmental activist and a writer on ecology and alternative economics, which he terms eco-economics.
Time for Rebellion: Let Disposable Plastic Become Extinct!
Roar Bjonnes
Plastic, plastic, everywhere! The future of plastic must be extinction, or the planet will soon be covered in polymers. So, why aren’t those nasty fossil fuel bags fading away fast enough? Or is there an alternative we haven’t thought of yet?
Do We Want System Change or Systems Change?
Roar Bjonnes
At first glance, these two concepts may seem almost identical, one word is singular, the other plural. Two words with basically the same meaning. Or so I thought.
Uneasy Progress: Increased Inequality and Mobility in the EU
Roar Bjonnes
The EUs social charter is based on a fundamental vision of basic economic and social security for all Europeans. However, the common market has made the poorer nations less competitive, and more dependent on aid.
The Problems with the Euro Zone
Roar Bjonnes
While the four freedoms created the foundation for a free market and removed many tools of national governments to control the economic development of their countries, there still remained one obstacle to a fully open market.
The EU’s Four Freedoms, the Environment, and the Local Economy
Roar Bjonnes
In theory, free trade can have great cultural and economic benefits. But it canbe detrimental to the local areas within an economic union when local interests are not protected.
Beyond the EU: Toward a New Union
Roar Bjonnes
The EU and its major financial institutions were based on the idea that prosperity for all will promote peace and stability. The weak link in this argument is whether free and open markets actually lead to prosperity for all.
Why is the EU Disintegrating and How to Stop It?
Roar Bjonnes
The unity of a nation or the international unity amongst many nations, such as within the EU, are generally built around certain sentiments, whether religious, linguistic, or cultural. Today, due to the economic crisis sweeping all over Europe, the disintegration of the EU has become a real possibility.
Toward New European Trade Policies
Roar Bjonnes
While the EU has maintained a common market, it has also pushed other countries to adapt free trade policies and not to impose tariffs on exports from the EU.
Why Norway Refused to Join the EU
Roar Bjonnes
Since 1972, Norway’s protests against the EU reflected, with almost farsighted precision, many of the same topics discussed today in countries like Portugal, Greece and Ireland: lack of democracy, lack of economic justice, lack of freedom and independence, and lack of concerns for the environment.
