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Could the Covid-19 pandemic be a portal to a Viable Society and Economy?

Posted on 19 May, 2020 by The Steady State Manchester team

Could the Covid-19 pandemic be a portal to a Viable Society and Economy? Mark H Burton 1 Download it as a pdf file instead. Much has already been written about the prospects for the future of economic, social and ecological … Continue reading →

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A more local economy

Posted on 7 March, 2014 by The Steady State Manchester team

How do we shift the Manchester economy to one “where people can thrive without harming the planet”?  Not everyone yet accepts the idea that economic growth cannot go on forever, although they might understand that we are using more of … Continue reading →

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Practical degrowth for Labour

Posted on 19 December, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

The article below is a slightly longer version of the piece published on the SERA (Labour Environment Campaign) website on 17 December, 2017.  See also this piece, also by Mark, which was  carried on the Left Foot Forward website, in … Continue reading →

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Policies for the City Region – serialised: Part 2, Energy.

Posted on 30 March, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

We continue the serialisation of our report, Policies for the City Region.  This installment is about Greater Manchester using considerably less energy, and the transition to clean energy.  It is a long installment but we thought it best to keep … Continue reading →

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Are small firms getting a good deal in Greater Manchester?

Posted on 14 March, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

Did you know that there are 5.4 million small and medium-sized firms (those employing less than 250 people) in the country as a whole, employing some 23 million people? They are the heart of the economy and of any future … Continue reading →

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The decoupling debate, one year on: the global picture, and Manchester.

Posted on 30 September, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

update:  an updated and longer version of this piece now appears at degrowth.de and was also syndicated by resilience.org and This Changes Everything Note: we have published other, including more recent, pieces on the myth of decoupling, including commentary on … Continue reading →

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Payday lending and the need for community banking

Posted on 5 February, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

Carl Packman, a writer on the growth of payday lending introduced a discussion on Wednesday under the auspices of Manchester’s Social Action Research Foundation (SARF) Ironically Carl’s recent book (“Payday Lending: Global Growth of the High­‐Cost Credit Market”) costs £45, … Continue reading →

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Steady State Manchester at Manchester Policy Week

Posted on 6 November, 2014 by The Steady State Manchester team

I was one of the panel for a question time session on “An Economy for All” on day five of University of Manchester’s Policy Week, organised in conjunction with CLES and chaired by CLES Chief Executive, Neil McInroy (1). Each … Continue reading →

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