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Category Archives: further reading
Is the UK Labour party facing up to a post-growth future?
Following recent short articles on this theme, here is a longer, more analytic treatment. A personal perspective from the author. Download the full article as a pdf file. Is the UK Labour party facing up to a post-growth future? by … Continue reading
Posted in degrowth, further reading, In Place of Growth, Politics
Tagged CLES, degrowth, divestment, John McDonnell, Labour, policy, Politics, Preston, steady state economy
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The circular economy: is it the solution to resource depletion and pollution?
The main promoter of the circular economy (CE) defines it like this: A circular economy is one that is restorative and regenerative by design, and which aims to keep products, components and materials at their highest utility and value at … Continue reading
Posted in further reading, key concepts, theory
Tagged circular economy, decoupling, degrowth, recycling, thermodynamics
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Trapped in techno-scientism; is this hindering Manchester becoming an eco-city? | Platform
Trapped in techno-scientism; is this hindering Manchester becoming an eco-city? | Platform. This is a provocative and very well written article by Nadine Andrews on the shortcomings of the dominant ideology, and hence strategies, here in Greater Manchester. It does … Continue reading
Posted in further reading, key concepts, Living Well, theory
Tagged climate change, culture, economic growth, growth, Nadine Andrews, technology, world views
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Money as a social construct and public good
Money as a social construct and public good | British Politics and Policy at LSE. The above is a short link to a short article by Ann Pettifor (one of the New Green Deal authors) which summarises the argument of her … Continue reading
Posted in Banking, economics, further reading, Money system
Tagged banking, economy, LinkedIn, money
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Good and bad growth?
Recent discussions in Manchester have led to interest in a possible distinction between good and bad growth. We recently clarified our thinking on the nature of growth and post-growth as follows: “…we know that the economy is too big – … Continue reading
Posted in economics, further reading, In Place of Growth, key concepts, rebound effect, theory
Tagged bad growth, economic growth, economy, good growth, growth, LinkedIn, post-growth, steady state economy
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#Economics and #climate change
See this short article by Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre, who wrote one of the forewords to In Place of Growth. http://kevinanderson.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Tyndall-briefing-note-36-economics-CC1.pdf He makes the point that a narrow financial interpretation of risk has dominated orthodox thinking on the … Continue reading
The question of culture
In our critique of the dominant approach to prosperity in the city we have emphasised alternative economic perspectives – especially ecological economics (whence the ‘steady state economy’) and degrowth (decentreing from the pursuit of growth as the central question). In … Continue reading
Posted in further reading, theory
Tagged culture, economy, growth, Irwell Group, LinkedIn, Mark Burton
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Socialist Economic Bulletin: The FT, hedgehogs and the scale of the crisis
The FT, hedgehogs and the scale of the crisis. This short article provides an interesting graphic take on the bankruptcy of the orthodox model, and its forecasters. As we’ve said before – we are in a situation of post-growth already. … Continue reading
