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Age of Awareness

Why the federal government needs to act on climate policy

The United States needs to act at the federal level to address climate change, no matter who wins the 2020 election.

Nov 2, 2020

Why the federal government needs to act on climate policy

Nov 2, 2020

What comes next? Food for thought.

For those of us who didn’t want things to go back to “normal,” we have been asking ourselves what comes next?…

Jun 22, 2020

What comes next? Food for thought.

Jun 22, 2020

One symptom we can address: stock buybacks are bad for business

Once illegal, buybacks reduce longterm corporate investment in favor of increasing short term profits, while perpetuating income…

Jun 15, 2020

One symptom we can address: stock buybacks are bad for business

Jun 15, 2020

It’s time.

As a child, I used to wonder what the history books would say about my lifetime…

Jun 6, 2020

It’s time.

Jun 6, 2020

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The Domino

Humanizing our economies

There is a debate going around about a very peculiar trade off.

Apr 30, 2020

Humanizing our economies

Apr 30, 2020

An Easy Trillion

In a previous post, I wrote about the $2 trillion gap in financing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and some of the structural…

Apr 9, 2020

An Easy Trillion

Apr 9, 2020

The Crisis of Capitalism

In the world of sustainability, capitalism is a dirty word. But to solve climate change, we need to re-allocate the power of capitalism.

Mar 17, 2020

The Crisis of Capitalism

Mar 17, 2020

The Cost of Carbon

The global economy is built on the concept of zero-cost emissions. A carbon tax would the the clearest policy to catalyze sustainable…

Mar 9, 2020

The Cost of Carbon

Mar 9, 2020

E|S|G

There are a lot of acronyms on Wall Street. One of those acronyms that has become a bit of a buzzword lately is ESG.

Mar 3, 2020

E|S|G

Mar 3, 2020

The Trillion Dollar Gap

Thinking through the issues behind the SDG capital gap, and how to make more investments more sustainable…

Feb 24, 2020

The Trillion Dollar Gap

Feb 24, 2020

ELLEN BROOKS

ELLEN BROOKS

From Tahrir Square to Wall Street and back again: ex-banker focusing on sustainable development and investment.

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