Sustainable Development
Utopia
Climate Change
Population Aging
Economy tends towards its potential output
Technological change ensures increasing returns to scale
Living standards rise
Stable society with living conditions increasing.
Permanent Hysteresis
Hits resource constraint
energy/population/war/etc
Living standards plateau/ fall.
Won't need gifted list learners
Burn down leaving cert
More ideas->More businesses->more jobs->more growth
Increased pensions cost
Increased Healthcare cost
Increased Purchasing power->changes in marketing/ modes of production
Change in political power
Culture itself might change
Stephen Kinsella, UL
Culture
Changing nature of the family.
Isolation of communities~Jane Grey.
Impact of NAMA/NAMA 2.0
Micro suburbs?
Pension reform now
Mandatory pension provision
Tax free long terms savings
Diaspora/recovery/municipal  bond structure
Community care programmes
Policies to deal with aging
Increased rainfall implies increased flooding
Urgent need for infrastructual development
Gradual resettlement of affected population
Retooling of agriculture/services to cope
Distopia
Levies/flood breaks/river diversion
Comprehensive nationwide plan
Horizontal scanning?
Resettlement
Ag. Subsidies.
Coping with climate change
Education
Energy Security
Wind/Wave not up to scratch
Nuclear Power/Interconnectors only solution.
Energy
Final Questions
Global Question: US or Asia?
Educational system change
How to encourage long term (> 9 months) thinking in Irish politics?
Ireland in 2050: How we will be Living, Liberties Press, 2009
Nuclear?
Pros/Cons
Cost of interconnectors
Green investment/innovation
Today
Demography
Pensions/Taxation changes
Cultural changes
Energy Challenges