Andrew Simms

Author of Tescopoly: How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why It Matters

About the Author

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 show more and Why It Matters, and he is co author of Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth? show less

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Tescopoly: How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why It Matters (2007) 115 copies, 1 review

Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth? (2008) 29 copies

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

Cancel The Apocalypse: The New Path To Prosperity (2013) 19 copies

Crash Course: Economics (2019) 17 copies

Ecological Debt, Second Edition: Global Warming and the Wealth of Nations (2009) 10 copies

Five Brothers (2002) 9 copies

Badvertising: Polluting Our Minds and Fuelling Climate Chaos (2023) 9 copies

Knock Twice: 25 modern folk tales for troubling times (There was a knock at the door) (2017) 4 copies, 1 review

There was a knock at the door: 23 modern folk tales for troubling times (2016) 3 copies

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

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

Up in Smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean: The Threat From Climate Change to the Environment and Human Development (2006) 2 copies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Alternative: Towards a New Progressive Politics (2016) — Contributor — 10 copies, 1 review

New Scientist, 7 May 2022 (2022) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Gender: male
Organizations: New Weather Institute (cofounder, co-director)
Scientists for Global Responsibility (assistant director)

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tedrick 63 reviews

Tescopoly: How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why It Matters by 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 show more that Sainsbury's when they wake up from their torpor will actually do the same, its certainly changed my view of supermarkets forever show less

Oct 5, 2010

Ma_Washigeri 971 reviews

Knock Twice: 25 modern folk tales for troubling times by 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 show more Cordon, 'The Fox and the Buzzard' Deborah Rim Moiso. show less

Jan 23, 2021