J.T. ROSS JACKSON

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  • Stemming the Flow of Refugees – An Holistic Approach

    The unprecedented surge of refugees streaming into Europe is no doubt due to the ongoing wars in Syria and Iraq and the unstable situation in Libya. However, refugees were arriving in Europe long before these wars began. They will continue… Read more

  • Eurozone: The End Game

    It has become clear to most EU citizens, but not yet to the EU leaders, that neoliberal economics has been a total fiasco for the environment, increased inequality, and decreased the overall sense of well-being… Read more

  • A Silver Lining to Europe’s Troubles

    As we await the outcome of the four-month extension of the Greek credit arrangement with the Troika (EU, IMF, ECB), this is a good time to consider various possible scenarios. Indeed, I would like to outline the… Read more

  • Nero Politics Meet Limits to Growth

    Nero – the last emperor of the Roman Empire – is best remembered as the man who fiddled while Rome burned. I see a direct parallel to the collective of current world leaders who are… Read more

  • The EU as a Green Powerhouse – A Green Opportunity

    The recent revelations regarding our American allies’ spying on Angela Merkel and other leading EU politicians, raises – once again – some fundamental questions about the differences in values between the US and Europe. In… Read more

  • Individualism or Community?

    For the last thirty years or so, an increase in self-interest has permeated every aspect of human existence, both at the individual and national level. President John F. Kennedy’s urging to “ask not what your… Read more

  • Which Will Be the First Nation to Act?

    I came back from the UN Rio+20 environmental conference with very much the same feeling as most of the NGO participants—an immense frustration with the total lack of global political leadership at this critical time.… Read more

  • Wealth without Health

    Consider for a moment the logic that drives the current focus on economic growth in the USA. The implicit assumption is that greater economic growth leads to greater average income, which in turn leads to… Read more

  • The Euro Crisis Is Going To Get Ugly

    To paraphrase Winston Churchill: the Greek bailout is not the end of the euro crisis. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. This crisis… Read more

  • The EU Crisis: an alternative view

    As a former foreign exchange adviser and currency fund manager, I would like to contribute a slightly different slant on the ongoing EU crisis than what has been written to date, including its causes and… Read more