Andrew Simms

Autor/a de Tescopoly: How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why It Matters

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Sobre l'autor

Andrew Simms is one of the UK's leading environmentalists. He is policy director of nef (the new economics foundation), an award-winning independent think tank. He is also a regular commentator in the national press and broadcast media. He is the author of Tescopoly: How One Shop Come Out on Top mostra'n més and Why It Matters, and he is co author of Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth? mostra'n menys

Obres de Andrew Simms

Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth? (2008) 26 exemplars

Ecological Debt: The Health of the Planet and the Wealth of Nations (2005) 22 exemplars

Cancel the Apocalypse: The New Path to Prosperity (2013) 17 exemplars

Ecological Debt, Second Edition: Global Warming and the Wealth of Nations (2009) 9 exemplars

Five Brothers (2002) 7 exemplars

Knock Twice: 25 modern folk tales for troubling times (There was a knock on the door) (2017) 4 exemplars

Growth isn't possible: Why we need a new economic direction (2010) 3 exemplars

Badvertising: Polluting Our Minds and Fuelling Climate Chaos (2023) 3 exemplars

Up in Smoke?: Threats from, and Responses to, the Impact of Global Warming on Human Development (Up in Smoke? series) (2005) 2 exemplars

Up in Smoke?: Latin America and the Caribbean (2006) 2 exemplars

There was a knock at the door: 23 modern folk tales for troubling times (2016) 2 exemplars

Africa - Up in Smoke: No. 2: The Second Report on Africa and Global Warming from the Working Group on Climate Change… (2006) 1 exemplars

From the ashes of the crash: 20 first steps from new economics to rebuild a better economy 1 exemplars

Where did our money go? building a banking system fit for purpose 1 exemplars

Return to Scale: Alternatives to Globalisation (2003) 1 exemplars

Ghost town Britain : the threat from economic globalisation to livelihoods, liberty and local economic freedom (2002) 1 exemplars

Other Worlds Are Possible: Human Progress in an Age of Climate Change (2009) 1 exemplars

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Obres associades

The Alternative: Towards a New Progressive Politics (2016) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars

New Scientist, 7 May 2022 (2022) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars

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Gènere: male
Organitzacions: New Weather Institute (co-director)
Scientists for Global Responsibility (assistant director)

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Knock Twice: 25 modern folk tales for troubling times de Andrew Simms

Lots of stories varying from not-so-good to terrific. Well worth a read. I'm not sure that 'folk tales' is a good description - much better to attack this collection without that expectation.
Started really well with 'All the Words of All the Worlds' by Jan Dean and I liked 'The God App' by Nick Robins. Also good were 'Incoming by Bill McGuire, 'The Drowning of Doggerland' by Jules Pretty, Tales I tell my Children' by Marion Moltano, 'There are Alternatives' Ed Mayo, 'Hinterland' Corina Cordon, 'The Fox and the Buzzard' Deborah Rim Moiso.… (més)

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Ma_Washigeri | Jan 23, 2021 |

Tescopoly: How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why It… de Andrew Simms

I thought that the book was a brilliant eye opener to the craftiness of big business, and the obvious fact that more of the world population are now slaves than ever, to giant corporations whose main reason for living seems to be to look after rich shareholders and ride roughshod over the poorer people. I'm glad to see that there is a general trend to break the monopoly of Tesco, Walmart etc Waitrose now and will continue to match the top 1000 products using Tesco as a baseline, Let's hope that Sainsbury's when they wake up from their torpor will actually do the same, its certainly changed my view of supermarkets forever… (més)

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tedrick | Oct 5, 2010 |

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