Jean Lievens: 30 Year Economic Betrayal

Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income Exclusive new data shows how debt, unemployment and property prices have combined to stop millennials taking their share of western wealth Who’s winning? Find out how your income compares with every other generation

Jean Lievens: Finland’s Hugely Exciting Experiment in Basic Income, Explained

Finland’s hugely exciting experiment in basic income, explained The headlines are shocking: “Finland plans to pay everyone in the country $876 a month”; “Finland plans to give every citizen a basic income of 800 euros a month”; “Finland plans to give every citizen 800 euros a month and scrap benefits.” The reality is a little …

Jean Lievens: Jeremy Rifkin on 3rd Industrial Revolution

The Third Industrial Revolution: An Interview with Author Jeremy Rifkin VIDEO (38 minutes) Economist and author Jeremy Rifkin provides insight on climate change, the increasing demand for energy, and the huge energy dilemma that our society faces today as we enter the third industrial revolution.

Jean Lievens: Estonia – the Perfect Country – the First Country Actually Being Managed Via the Internet

My Perfect Country: Estonia Fi Glover and digital guru Martha Lane Fox look at the digital revolution pioneered by the government in Estonia – where people vote, get their medical prescriptions even pay for their parking, online. With the help of Professor Henrietta Moore from the Institute for Global Prosperity and Taavet Hinrikus from Transferwise …

Jean Lievens: Think Global, Print Local — Commons Publishing

Think Global, Print Local: A Campaign for a New Commons-Based Publishing Network Have you ever wanted to share an inspiring book that you thought could help people and communities elsewhere, but in another language? Have you thought about combining decentralized online and offline ways of sharing information? Have you imagined more complex, layered projects crossing …

Jean Lievens: Social Costs of the 4th Industrial Revolution

Here Are The New Social Risks Of The Fourth Industrial Revolution Christophe Degryse, Social Europe, 29 February 2016 But this 4th industrial revolution also contains its share of new risks in the world of labour, including the ‘remake’ of existing jobs, the destruction of many of them, the relocation of countless others. For society as …

Jean Lievens: Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures – Entropy and Societal Change

Entropy calculation to help understand societal change Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, The University of Sheffield A missing ingredient in our understanding of human influence on global environmental change is the quantitative measure of the energy interactions of societies operating under varied technological and geographical conditions. This project seeks to employ the archaeological and historical …