The business of betting on catastrophe | Omega
by Susan Erikson in MIT Press...World Bank pandemic bonds paid out only after death tolls passed a threshold. They’re part of a booming market where investo ...| omega.ngo
by Susan Erikson in MIT Press...World Bank pandemic bonds paid out only after death tolls passed a threshold. They’re part of a booming market where investo ...| omega.ngo
by Andrea Coveri, et al, in Intereconomics...The link between Big Tech and the military apparatus brings back traditions of economic thought too often forgo ...| omega.ngo
by Benjamin Bellegy in Alliance Magazine...We can worry that some philanthropies might reorientate their giving to align with the new zeitgeist, for instanc ...| omega.ngo
by Hans Taparia and Bruce Buchanan in The New York Times...More often than not, charities work to mitigate harms caused by business. Every year, corporation ...| omega.ngo
by Phil Buchanan in CEP...Just in the past weeks I’ve heard leaders at philanthropic funders say things like ‘we’re trying to be small right now,’ ‘the lawy ...| omega.ngo
by Hannah Ritchie in Our World in Data...Most countries spend less than 1% of their national income on foreign aid; even small increases could make a big di ...| omega.ngo
by Hans Taparia and Bruce Buchanan in The New York Times...With one hand they generate supernormal profits by plundering society, and with the other they do ...| omega.ngo
by James Rebanks in UnHerd...The answer is to be ready, with a more resilient and secure food system before something goes wrong. We need an inspired farmin ...| omega.ngo
in Beshara Magazine...We talk to Leonora Grcheva of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab about how Kate Raworth’s innovative economic theory is being translate ...| omega.ngo
by Robert Kuttner in The American Prospect... Increasing damage from fires, hurricanes, and floods will destabilize a lightly regulated industry—and spill o ...| omega.ngo
Insurable losses from natural disasters – how have the numbers changed over the years?| omega.ngo
