New Orleans The Anthropocene Alliance, or more easily stated, A2, as we’ve discussed in the past is a national coalition of more than 400 frontline groups brought together largely because of their experiences being on the brunt end of climate change, whether hurricanes, floods, fires, or the like. A2’s annual staff retreat was …
A Day in the Life of a Showgirl…or Organizer
New Orleans If there are superstars in pop culture, then Taylor Swift is a supernova. She just set a record for 4 million sales of her new album, “Life of a Showgirl.” In a music business hat trick of sorts, she released 38 different versions of the album across every platform other than …
Valuing the Present and Ignoring the Future
New Orleans It never ceases to amaze me, both as a delight and a caution, how many really fundamental things that are critical to our understanding of politics and the economy, but that, for one reason or another, are so far off our normal radar that we are left clueless. Add “discounting” to …