Graeme Maxton

Graeme Maxton      (economist, deep state operative)
Born	26 June 1960 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	George Heriot's School, University of Dundee, Cass Business School
Member of	Club of Rome
Interests	“climate change”
Club of Rome Secretary General advocating the "temporary" abolishment of democracy, introduction of radical emergency legislation, in combination with expert governments creating an international accord under the pretext of a "climate emergency"  Secretary General In office 2014 - 2018 Employer Club of Rome Advocating the "temporary" abolishment of democracy, introduction of radical emergency legislation, in combination with expert governments creating an international accord under the pretext of a "climate emergency".  Regional Director of the Economist Intelligence Unit In office 2005 - 2007 Employer The Economist Later Club of Rome Secretary General

Graeme Maxton is a British economist. From 2014 to 2018 he was General Secretary of the Club of Rome. He is an Advisory Board Member on the UNECE Energy Pathways Project, and of the population reduction think tank Population Matters.

He is the author of several books advocating the "temporary" abolishment of democracy, introduction of radical emergency legislation, in combination with expert governments creating an international accord under the pretext of a "climate emergency". Above all, the economy must be completely restructured, which in turn would mean great sacrifices by the population,whether they want to or not.

In 2022, he wrote that Covid-19 "has done half the job for us", as an unique opportunity to dismantle the current economic system, to "shut polluting businesses overnight and pay people during a transition."

Background

Maxton is related to two prominent politicians in Scotland's Independent Labor Party - James Maxton (1885–1946), a leading figure of the radical Red Clydeside era and Member of the House of Lords, and John Maxton, Baron Maxton (born 1936), Member of the House of Lords since 2004.

After completing his studies, he worked from 1988 to 2002 as a visiting professor at the Cass Business School in London. He also worked for the deep state consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton, for Citigroup and American Express. By 2007 he was Regional Director of The Economist Group based in Hong Kong. In 2013, Maxton became a full member of the deep state Club of Rome, based in Winterthur, Switzerland The following year he was elected Secretary General at the General Assembly of that institution.

Opinions

While writing a lot about methods to reduce carbon to zero and below, he is noticeably skirting the topic of drastic population reduction.

By the middle of this century the average temperature will have reached its highest level in 10 million years...The tipping point that societies have to avoid, when a chain-reaction starts, is 450 ppm. That is in 15 years (as at 2020)...Many parts of the planet will become uninhabitable after 2050...Even if hundreds of millions of people chose to live 100% sustainably tomorrow, it would not be enough to stop this chain-reaction from starting...If everyone in America – all 500m people – stopped generating any GHGs it would delay the disaster by 18 months.

If societies are to find their way to a better future they will need to change what is meant by progress, democracy and power sharing. Humanity’s perspective on nature, society’s relationship to the climate and intergeneration equality will have to be radically rethought. Public interest will need to take precedence over individual rights, even where this challenges democracy. Freedom and self-interest will need to be redefined.

If today’s political leaders are unable to do what is needed, then the options become harder still. Either nothing happens, and climate change becomes unstoppable, ruining the lives of billions, or the existing political leadership will need to be replaced, either through the electoral process or in some less democratic way. One alternative would be for a technocratic government to be appointed to do what is needed, to force an economic transition, and then step down when the job is done. But this assumes that humanity can develop the mechanisms to make such an exceptional change in governance happen, and that it possesses enough people of intellect and courage to manage the transition.

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