{"id":12414,"date":"2019-12-10T07:14:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T07:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themint.kinsta.cloud\/?page_id=12414"},"modified":"2019-12-16T06:57:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T06:57:53","slug":"issue-12-dec-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/issues\/issue-12-dec-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 12 &#8211; Dec 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12414\" class=\"elementor elementor-12414\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7eca053a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7eca053a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64744a0d\" data-id=\"64744a0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-168347f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"168347f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cover-724x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12643\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cover-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cover-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cover-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cover-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cover-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cover-600x849.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Cover-scaled.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8204393 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8204393\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-414f3006\" data-id=\"414f3006\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52739899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52739899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Articles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43e4e85d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43e4e85d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43d85a28\" data-id=\"43d85a28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-362bfca0 elementor-grid-2 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"362bfca0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-12515 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-2025 category-articles category-featured category-hard-stuff category-top-10 tag-2020-top-10 tag-blair-fix tag-climate-crisis tag-data tag-dec-2019 tag-economics tag-erald-kolasi tag-gdp tag-macro-economics tag-mainstream-economics tag-e-measeconperf\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/why-we-should-abandon-gdp\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Blair-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12516\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Blair-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Blair-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Blair-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Blair-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Blair-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Blair-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Blair-scaled.jpg 1797w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/why-we-should-abandon-gdp\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tWhy we should abandon GDP\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t12\/12\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Gross Domestic Product is the most popular and useless quantity in economics say Erald Kolasi and Blair Fix. For all that it purports to say, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fails<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/why-we-should-abandon-gdp\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Why we should abandon GDP\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-669db2ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"669db2ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5356c5b0\" data-id=\"5356c5b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a585f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29a585f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interviews<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6130e214 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6130e214\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-12474 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-finance-sector category-government category-interviews tag-climate-crisis tag-dec-2019 tag-green-new-deal tag-interview-audio tag-modern-monetary-theory tag-randall-wray post_format-post-format-video\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/theoretically-speaking\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Wray-scaled-e1576050469264-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12475\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Wray-scaled-e1576050469264-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Wray-scaled-e1576050469264-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Wray-scaled-e1576050469264-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Wray-scaled-e1576050469264-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Wray-scaled-e1576050469264.jpg 1033w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/theoretically-speaking\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tTheoretically speaking\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t12\/12\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Randy Wray was one of the finalists for our #NotTheNobel prize in October and is one of the world\u2019s leading advocates of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). It might sound like<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/theoretically-speaking\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Theoretically speaking\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-12647 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-africa category-food-farming category-interviews tag-dec-2019 tag-development tag-institutions tag-interview-audio tag-kenya tag-mwangi-wa-githinji tag-tea post_format-post-format-video\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/over-tea\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Interview_-G\u0129th\u0129nji-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12650\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Interview_-G\u0129th\u0129nji-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Interview_-G\u0129th\u0129nji-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Interview_-G\u0129th\u0129nji-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Interview_-G\u0129th\u0129nji-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Interview_-G\u0129th\u0129nji-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Interview_-G\u0129th\u0129nji-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Interview_-G\u0129th\u0129nji-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/over-tea\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tOver tea\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t12\/12\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>In a new series of interviews, we talk to Mwangi wa G\u0129th\u0129nji about economic innovations in Africa. In our first interview Mwangi talks about the Kenyan Tea Development Authority established<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/over-tea\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Over tea\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22043d91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22043d91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35b95938\" data-id=\"35b95938\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-716b0b87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"716b0b87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Columns<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ce9dee4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ce9dee4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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tag-austerity tag-debt tag-dec-2019 tag-frances-coppola tag-greece tag-the-coppola-column\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/beware-brits-bearing-myths\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coppola4-300x180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12488\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coppola4-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coppola4-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coppola4-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coppola4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/beware-brits-bearing-myths\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tBeware Brits bearing myths\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t12\/12\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Greece\u2019s slide into depression became a cautionary tale told by Tories to get the UK to do its austerity duty. But a decade on, where there is now hope in<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/beware-brits-bearing-myths\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Beware Brits bearing myths\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-12656 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns tag-billionaires tag-dec-2019 tag-inequality tag-the-outsider\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/own-back\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Outsider-300x202.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12658\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Outsider-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Outsider-1024x689.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Outsider-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Outsider-600x403.png 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Outsider.png 1087w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/own-back\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tOwn back\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t12\/12\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u201cEach billionaire evidences our great success and failure.\u201d Discuss. Extreme inequality doesn\u2019t jive well with democracy, liberty and progress. Nor does revenge and retrospective action. Both extremes run the risk<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/own-back\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Own back\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-12653 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns tag-circular-economy tag-climate-crisis tag-dec-2019 tag-first-word tag-henry-leveson-gower\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/chasing-tales\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-word-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12654\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-word-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-word-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-word-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-word-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-word-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/First-word-scaled.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/chasing-tales\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tChasing tales\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t12\/12\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Calls for a more circular economy \u2013 otherwise known as \u201cclosing the loop\u201d \u2013 are now commonplace. We have got recycling, we try to reduce waste, and plastic packaging is<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/chasing-tales\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Chasing tales\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-12636 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-food-farming tag-circular-economy tag-dec-2019 tag-economics tag-verity\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/round-for-dinner\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Verity-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12638\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Verity-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Verity-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Verity-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Verity-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Verity-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Verity.png 1774w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/round-for-dinner\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tRound for Dinner\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t12\/12\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>My Christmas card from Esther and Abhijit Circular arguments ensue after a round of experiments. And Thomas\u2019 culinary efforts return to the earth. I must admit that last week was<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/round-for-dinner\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Round for Dinner\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-12494 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-environment tag-circular-economy tag-consumerism tag-dec-2019 tag-environment tag-recycling tag-the-dentist tag-tom-szaky post_format-post-format-video\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/spin-offs\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Szaky-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12495\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Szaky-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Szaky-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Szaky-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Szaky-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Szaky-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Szaky-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Szaky-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/spin-offs\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSpin Offs\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t11\/12\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Tom Szaky started TerraCycle in high school to \u201cend waste\u201d. The company currently operates in 21 countries, working with some of the world\u2019s largest retailers\u2019 and manufacturers\u2019 brands. In each<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/spin-offs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Spin Offs\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-12477 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columns category-education category-uk-ireland tag-confessions tag-dec-2019 tag-feminism tag-gender-equality tag-nigella-vigoroso-heck tag-rising-sea-levels tag-women-in-economics\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/proper-gander\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12478\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/VHeck-scaled.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/proper-gander\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tProper gander\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t11\/12\/2019\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Girls are low in numbers. Nigella Vigorosso-Heck demands a recount. Last month the Economist magazine published an article entitled Sample Bias. It argued that women \u2013 and particularly schoolgirls \u2013<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/proper-gander\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Proper gander\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Articles Interviews Columns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":542,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12414\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}