Peter Newman

Innovation for the new economy

Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University, Australia, Jan 16, 09.

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How did the crash happen? Over-inflating the economic balloon with debt that was vulnerable to rises in oil price. What do we do about it? Use non-oil-based projects and approaches to generate economic growth or else we are going to make things worse.

It is time to refill the economic balloon based around these innovations, not try to reinflate the old oil-based urban development paradigm.
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NOTE: Peter Newman will speak in Houston on Thursday, January 22, as part of Houston Tomorrow’s Distinguished Speaker Series. The event is free. More…

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