I was intrigued by this posting on Freakonomics about a fascinating study by Evan Mills: “Energy Up In Smoke: The Carbon Footprint of Indoor Cannabis Production.” “Energy Up in Smoke” finds that indoor cultivation of marijuana is adding quite markedly to carbon emissions. Whilst the Freakonomics’ posting suggests that medical marijuana...

I’ve been kindly invited by my good friend, David McDonagh, to give the LA Talk on 13th June. My talk will draw upon my experiences as Portfolio Holder for Adults & Housing in Harrow Council, and reflect on how to do welfare reform.  Provisionally, the talk is entitled: “Personalisation,...

I am very excited that my paper proposal (“Eunomics and The Ethics of Economic Development”) has been accepted for the 11th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies, in Lucca, Italy, June 23rd-25th. The conference theme is the ethics of economic development, and further details can be found...