While extremely low-income families face enormous difficulties in the housing market due to a 7.2 million shortage of deeply affordable homes, it’s often people hovering above the poverty threshold, but still financially strapped, who have the hardest time. … [Read more...] about Housing assistance needs a basic-income approach
Archives for October 11, 2018
Amsterdam’s canal boats are going electric
As we glide silently up Amsterdam's busy waterways on an unseasonably warm autumn morning, boat company owner Rik Kooij, 38, admits that "canal water runs in my veins". Ever since his mechanically-minded grandfather renovated a bicycle, then a motorbike, then a boat back in the … [Read more...] about Amsterdam’s canal boats are going electric
General Motors will soon use wind power to build pickups and SUVs
General Motors' largest gasoline-burning vehicles — pickups and full-size SUVs — will soon be built, ironically, at plants powered by wind, not fuel. GM wants to power all its global facilities with 100-percent renewable energy by 2050. … [Read more...] about General Motors will soon use wind power to build pickups and SUVs
How climate change could be a spark to create a better world
One great taboo in the climate change debate is how much has improved over the past three decades: in public perception; in transnational consensus and determination; in scientific understanding and discovery. To stress, these things seem to ignore the urgency of the situation, … [Read more...] about How climate change could be a spark to create a better world
Book review: Blockchain, transforming your business and our world
The internet was envisaged as a decentralized global network, but in the past 25 years, it has come to be controlled by a few, very powerful, centralized companies. … [Read more...] about Book review: Blockchain, transforming your business and our world