Food companies are imposing unreasonable standards on farmers (for ESG points).
Category: Governance
2022 – The Year Leadership Failed
While history should draw many lessons from this year of relentless failure, 2022 was a year to forget.
Science-based or Evidence-based Policy: A Critical Review
A recent publication on science and evidence has provoked some interesting thinking
The Industry Complex (Part 3): A Return to Realpolitik
Idealist virtue politics is the wrong policy approach at the wrong time.
The Industry Complex (Part 2): The Hate Industry
How many decisions are based today not on benefits but on hatred of industry?
The Industry Complex (Part 1): The Tobacconisation of Industry
Most industries don’t think they’re being tobacconised. They’re delusional.
Nudging or Wedging: Why we Don’t Do What’s “Good” for Us
Nudging or precaution: How can I force you to change your behaviour?
Why Sexual Abuse is Endemic in the Belgian Academe
The story of why I will not return to the academe
No Respect for Reality: The EU’s Food Security Crisis Strategy
The EU’s solution to the food crisis: more organic farming and agroecology.
The Green Death: How the EU’s Farm2Famine Strategy will Affect a Post-Ukraine World
In times of crisis, we need realpolitik, not ideologues expressing virtue.
A Lost, Leaderless West Surrenders the Ukraine
The safest place in the Ukraine is along the pipelines supplying Russian gas to Europe.
My Conversation with a ZeroRisker
It is time to call “time” on the pandemic.
The Risk-Monger 