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Eckersley, R. 2024. The US political system and its capitalist, imperialist agenda has failed. Pearls and Irritations, 20 November. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2024. Fiddling while the world teeters on the brink. Resilience, 17 October (same as Salon essay). Article.

Eckersley, R. 2024. Indigenous cultures show other worlds are possible. Pearls & Irritations, 6 October. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2024. Can we still prevent global catastrophe? Yes – by fighting corporate power, now. Salon, 29 September (longer version of P&I article below). Article.

Eckersley, R. 2024. Fiddling while the world teeters on the brink. Pearls & Irritations, 26 August. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2024. Being young is getting worse, but we are note sure why, or what it means. Pearls & Irritations, 8 May (excerpt from Salon essay, updated). Article.

Eckersley, R. 2023. Why being young is getting worse. Resilience, 18 September (excerpt from Salon essay.  Article

Eckersley, R. 2023. More young people are struggling and there is no quick fix. Why being young is getting worse. Salon, 16 September. Essay.

Eckersley, R. 2023. In the eye of the hurricane, can we find truth? Pearls and Irritations, 28 May  (excerpt from Salon essay). Article.

Eckersley, R. 2023. How do we know what is true? Resilience, 25 May (excerpt from Salon essay). Article.

Eckersley, R. 2023. How do we know what is true? In an age of war, pandemic and conspiracy theory, it’s not easy. Salon, 21 May. Paper.

Eckersley, R. 2023. Subjectivity: the overlooked dimension of the debate about economic growth. Pearls & Irritations, 21 February.  Article.

Eckersley, R. 2022. Why invisible cultures will determine humanity’s future. Pearls & Irritations, 2 September. Article. Also in Online Opinion, 8 September. Article. (These are shorter extracts from the Salon essay.)

Eckersley, R. 2022. Invisible force: Why culture will determine humanity’s future. Resilience, 29 August. (This is an extract from the Salon essay. ) Article.

Eckersley, R. 2022. Culture, progress and the future: Can the West survive its own myths? Salon, 28 August. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2022. The deep divide between the people and mainstream politics and media. Pearls & Irritation, 2 March. Article. Also published in Online Opinion, 23 February. Article. (This is an even shorter – 1,000 words – version of the Salon essay.)

Eckersley, R. 2022. The deep divide between the American people and mainstream politics and media. Resilience, 11 February. (This is a short – 2,000 words – version of the Salon essay.) Article.

Eckersley, R. 2022. America’s deepest and most dangerous divide isn’t between Democrats and Republicans. Salon, 16 January 2022. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2021.Outdated cultures behind America’s failing political system. Resilience, 9 November. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2020. COVID-19 lays bare the US’s deep problems, with some help from Trump. Resilience, 5 August. Article.

Also published in:

Pearls & Irritations, 10 August. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2020. Climate change, pandemics and economic turmoil provoke existential fears for humanity’s future. Resilience, 16 March. Article.

Also published in:

Pearls & Irritations, 18 March. Article.

Canberra Times, 1 May. It’s time to face up to the very real threats to our existence (revised). Article.

Eckersley, R. 2020. The end of cheap thrills: bushfires signify need for civilisational shift. Canberra Times, 4 February, pp. 20-21. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2019. Your money or your life? Putting wellbeing before GDP, Resilience, 17 December. Article.

Also published in:

Pearls & Irritations, 19 December. Article.

Online Opinion, 27 December. Article.

Ecologise India, 27 December. Article.

Canberra Times, 2 January, 2020. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2018. The demise of the official future:

Pearls & Irritations, 7 December. Article.

Resilience, 13 December: here.

Eckersley, R. 2018. The ghosts of past political failures haunt environmental challenges:

Pearls & Irritations, 6 November. Article.

Resilience, 14 November: here.

Eckersley, R. 2018. Getting to the heart of democracy’s decline:

Pearls & Irritations, 16 October. Article.

Resilience, 9 November: here.

Ecologise India, 27 February, 2019: here.

Eckersley, R. 2018. Closing the gap between the science and politics of progress:

Resilience, 13 February: here.

Pearls & Irritations, 14, 15 February: here and here.

Ecologise India, 15 February: here.

ZNet, 15 March: here.

Eckersley, R. 2017. Quality of life much more than standard of living. Online Opinion, 2 October. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2017. What most concerns us about our personal lives and the societies we live in? Pearls & Irritations. 16 August. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2017.The Trump imbroglio: confusion and contradiction everywhere. The Canberra Times, 3 February. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2016. The upside of Donald Trump. The Canberra Times, 17 October, p 15. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2016. The mismeasure of progress: Is the West really the best? Online Opinion, 5 May. Article.

Randle, M., Eckersley R. 2015. ‘Many fear the worst for humanity, so how do we avoid surrendering to an apocalyptic fate?’ The Conversation, 12 September. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2015. Why we need a politics of the far future. Online Opinion, 4 September. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2014. The Government’s ‘fabulous’ budget reveals a deeper problem. Online Opinion, 29 May. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2014. Are the Greens finished in Australia? Guardian Australia, 21 March. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2013. Deficit deeper than economy. Canberra Times, Times 2, pp 1,4. 30 September. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2013. ‘Regreening’ vital for future. The Canberra Times, Times 2, pp 1,4, 1 July 2013. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2013. Riding the Apocalypse. Canberra Times, 31 January, p.19. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2012. On Bernard Keane, Public Health and the Neglect of Social Determinants, Croakey, 16 December. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2012. The denial behind youth suicide. Crikey, 14 September. Croakey, 19 September. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2011. The multiple worlds of youth. NIIRA (Network for Internet Investigation and Research Australia), 7 November. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2011. In search of a deeper politics. Canberra Times, 16 September, p. 17. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2011. Health as a social dynamic. Progblog, 27 April. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2011. Challenging the accepted wisdom about young people’s health. Croakey, 22 April. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2011. Mental health: a continuing history of neglect. Croakey, 12 April. Article.

Eckersley, R. 2011. Better health, not greater wealth, should be society’s goal. Croakey, 6 April; ProgBlog, 18 April. Article.

Eckersley R. 2010. The hazards of synthesis. Australasian Science, July-August, p. 40. Article.

Eckersley R. 2010. Fiddling while the Earth burns. The Age, 27 August, p. 17. Article.

Eckersley R. 2010. Cash grab hurting wellbeing. Canberra Times, 24 June, p 19. Article.

Eckersley R. 2009. Pitfalls in the measurement of material progress. Canberra Times, 9 June, p 11. Developed, but don’t expect us to be happy about it. Sydney Morning Herald, 13-14 June, News Review, p 7. Article.

Eckersley R, Reeder L. 2009. Step in and stop it now: an ugly situation’s already developed. Canberra Times, 17 March, p 13. Article.

Eckersley R. 2008. Beyond the maze of materialism. Final in special series on Into Adolescence, Child magazines, Dec 2008- Jan 2009.

Eckersley R. 2008. Young people’s health and wellbeing: 20 years of policy failure? ABC News Online, 26 September. Article.

Eckersley R. 2008. The politics of past lives. Ockham’s Razor, ABC Radio National, 24 February.  Article.

Eckersley R. 2007. The politics of happiness. Living Now, March, issue 93, pp. 6-7. Article.

Eckersley R. 2007. Science and religion Ockham’s Razor, ABC Radio National, 23 December. Article.

Eckersley R. 2007. Youth mental health a hidden danger sign. ABC News Opinion. 30 November. Article.

Eckersley R. 2007. Don’t panic – it’s only the apocalypse. The Sydney Morning Herald, 21-22 July, Spectrum, pp. 28-29. The end is nigh. Be positive. The Age, 22 September 2007, Insight, p.9. Article.

Eckersley R. 2007. Driving at speed in the wrong direction. The Canberra Times, 14 June, p. 19. Article.

Eckersley R. 2007. Green drought puts the bite on clever country. The Canberra Times, 5 February, p. 17. Article.

Eckersley R. 2006. Increasingly uncomfortable living in a material world, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 January, p.11. Article.

Eckersley R. 2005. A headlong rush to riches and unhappiness. The Canberra Times, 25 October, p. 9. Article.

Eckersley R. 2005. The challenge of post-materialism. The Australian Financial Review, 24-28 March, Review, pp. 5,10. Article.