European leaders have received a symphony of protests over the last couple weeks as their capitals and offices have literally been shat on by angry farmers. It has made for entertaining (and horrifying) footage and wonderfully vague claims from European leaders on how to address the agricultural issues (which for them amounts to throwing more…
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Righteous Risks: Introduction
A righteous risk is a threat of harm to societal well-being that arises when decisions are based solely on widely-shared moral perceptions, social virtues and ethical ideals. This value-based policy approach does not consider facts or data in a consistent manner with certain actors, reinforced by social media tribes, imposing their ideals upon others. Righteous…
Technocratic Consequences
Should we be Putting Scientists back on Top? French translation Winston Churchill once reportedly said “Scientists should be on tap, but not on top.” Now I do understand that nobody likes to be kept in a little box, waiting to be opened when needed … to only give a “Yes/No” answer. I also feel that…
The Al Caponisation of Industry: Part 7 of the Industry Complex
From Prohibition to Greenhibition: Bad regulations lead to lawbreaking.
Our Youth are Terrified… So What!
I am now (officially) a grumpy old man. Time to complain about the youth.
The EU Greenwashing Directive: Only an Industrial Disease?
Do NGOs and government greenwash? They don’t think so.
2022 – The Year Leadership Failed
While history should draw many lessons from this year of relentless failure, 2022 was a year to forget.
The Industry Complex (Part 4): Finding the Pieces to the Policy Puzzle
How can industry change the policy system working against them?
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 1): The Tobacconisation of Industry
Most industries don’t think they’re being tobacconised. They’re delusional.
Ten Regulatory Steps for a Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture
The EU lacks a positive agricultural development strategy.
How Green Ideologies are Relegating the EU to Third World Status
Europe’s Great Green Leap Backwards has delivered poverty and hardship.
The Risk-Monger 