Le contraste devient aujourd’hui frappant entre les promesses des technologies de pointe et les échecs, voire les catastrophes, qui sapent tant de grands projets : la défaillance initiale d’Ariane 5, l’incendie du Tunnel sous la manche, l’abandon de Superphénix, les tribulations de l’avion militaire Eurofighter, le fiasco de la navette […]
In an alarming expose of the scientific community, City University of New York economics professor Bell charges that all aspects of our welfare, social and military infrastructure are threatened by extensive fraud, secrecy and fierce competition for research funds from government and industry. While whistle-blowers are penalized, he notes, especially […]
Renewable energy can now “keep the lights on” without disruption, thanks to a new technology that makes it possible to store surplus energy from wind, solar and nuclear sources. EU Member of Parliament, Corinne Lepage and American Professor Robert I. Bell have proposed a potential solution to the global warming […]
On Tuesday, November 9, 2010, I gave a keynote address at the G20 in Seoul, Korea, at the Universal Ethics Summit, one of the three events organized by the host government, with the aid of the Won Buddhist organization. In this speech I said that governments, run by officials focused […]
the first attempt to lay out the scenario of “after oil”, combining considerations of energy, geopolitics, the functioning of business and markets, extending to the mores of American society. […]
Robert I. Bell, Ph.D. is a Professor in and the former Chair of the Finance and Business Management Department, Brooklyn College, City University of New York. He is also the former Chair of that College’s Department of Economics. He has authored several books, including La BulleVerte (Paris 2007); The Green […]
In the coming years, a huge “green” market bubble will emerge, driven by a pervasive fear of global warming, a panic away from oil, and U.S. government policies. Companies without a legitimate sustainability initiative will then face increasing difficulties as resources, including investments, begin to flow away from them and […]
Par Robert Bell et Oleg Rusetsky – Si l’exploitation du gaz de schiste est en passe de faire redémarrer l’économie américaine, c’est en grande partie grâce à l’Etat fédéral qui, via de multiples exonérations fiscales sur les forages, subventionne massivement les opérateurs. A quel prix le gaz naturel doit-il se […]
En interdisant pour la durée du quinquennat la technique de la fracturation hydraulique pour exploiter les ressources en gaz de schiste que recèlerait le sous-sol français, le président de la République a paradoxalement pris une décision économique autant qu’une mesure de précaution environnementale. L’exemple américain montre en effet que l’exploitation […]
Robert Bell est professeur en management et président du département des sciences financières du Brooklyn College de la City University of New York et est un spécialiste du financement et du management des projets RSE (responsabilité sociale et environnementale) et de l’entrepreneuriat social. Il donne son point de vue sur […]