Graeme Maxton

Maxton, Graeme

Maxton, Graeme

Economist, Author and Member of the Club of Rome

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Economist, Author and Member of the Club of Rome

Graeme Maxton is an economist, author and Member of the Club of Rome. His most recent book, The End of Progress – How modern economics, has failed us was nominated for the Financial Times Best Book About Business Award, has been translated into several languages and became a top-20 international best-seller. Previously a contributor to The Economist, he now writes for a range of international newspapers and magazines and is a regular host of CNBC’s Squawk Box. Based in Vienna and Hong Kong he is currently working on a book on bubbles (not the soapy sort).

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Limits to Nature
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract We like to think that we live in a world without limits. In practice though, everything is defined by the limits it imposes on the environment in which it exists. Our societies too, are defined, and made possible, by their limits, by the rules and values we impose. Throughout history, humanity has sought to understand and modify the limits that surround it, to cross boundaries and achieve ever more. As man-made limits are changeable, and as we have learnt more...
Privacy is Not Dead, it is Just Resting
Get Full Text in PDF “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” − Benjamin Franklin   Abstract Our right to privacy is under assault. Companies are collecting more information about how we live and our views, often with questionable motives. At the same time, many governments are tracking their citizens more than ever before. Privacy is not just about keeping a bank account hidden or a love affair a secret. It...