For over three decades, Peter Senker (1934 -2024) was a cornerstone of the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU). From his early days at SPRU to his later years as a Visiting Professor, Peter Senker’s work on technological change and its societal impacts has been influential. SPRU colleagues Tim Brady, Charlotte Huggett, Martin Bell, and Ben..

British machinery of government cannot cope with the task of devising and implementing competent policies in areas such as industrial training where the costs are immediate but the benefits long term.

Guy Routh suggested that orthodox neoclassical economics ignores facts and studies purely imaginary facts, becomes a matter of faith and immune to criticism.

Privately owned motor cars including battery electric propelled automobiles are inherently environmentally damaging dangerous means of transport. Policies should be implemented worldwide to attempt to restrict the extent of their manufacture and use.

Sir Keir Starmer wishes to continue to support Conservative government policies of taxing wage earners much more heavily than people who live in expensive houses which they own free of mortgage.

Introduction This paper suggests that traditional orthodox neoclassical economic theories which still dominate discussion of both politics and economics practically throughout the world are not only almost completely misleading, but also directly cause deep and extensive damage to the lives and livelihoods of the billions of human beings who struggle to survive on our small..

Since 1970, the world and its economy has increasingly become dominated by two groups of states :those which are partly democratic, but influenced strongly by very rich men, such as the U..S.A. and countries of Western Europe; and by authoritarian states: China and Russia.

Working with nature rather than fighting against it could help the world’s population to deal with the dangers inherent in failing to deal with environmental and biodiversity loss crises

Policies which only aim to restrain climate change are unlikely to work. Policies which also embrace efforts to take into account the most significant effects of the wide range of human activities which damage the environment are more likely to work much better

Technology Displaced by Financial Innovation, Peter Lang, Second Edition. The Book Review Essay by Peter Senker summarised here was published in Prometheus in 2021/2022 This book is based on the assumption that during the twentieth century, and especially after the end of World War II, there has been a fundamental shift in the focus of..