Selected articles by Brad Swanson

Rather than cruelly deporting millions of migrants, not so long ago a Republican president opted for a better strategy—legalizing those who had proven good citizens

The oil giant uses a 21st century version of Newspeak to pretend that it is dedicated to reducing carbon emissions, even while investing heavily to increase oil and gas production

Phil Gramm's beloved (by some)  book draws on the logic of Scrooge, claiming that poverty is solely due to “idleness” –while ignoring official data that prove his case is absurd

Data indicate that bond investors don’t pay a premium for issuers that have high social ratings.

If the right really understood ESG, they would celebrate it, not denounce it.

ESG funds track ESG indexes which in turn track market indexes – so while financial returns approximate the market, so do social returns, as indicated by the funds' ESG scores

Microfinance came of age as an asset class in 2004 with the first securitization of  loans to microfinance lenders, a deal that the author was instrumental in structuring.

The author served in the occupation government in post-invasion Iraq and saw firsthand the disastrous effects of a misguided misson