Category Archives: In Place of Growth

Is the UK Labour party facing up to a post-growth future?

Posted on 3 February, 2018 by The Steady State Manchester team

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 →

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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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The Viable Economy serialised – About Space, Democracy and Ownership

Posted on 9 January, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

We continue the serialisation of our intervention, The Viable Economy with the sections on Space and on Democracy and Ownership.  But you can download the whole pamphlet as a pdf file, here. If you like it, why not make a … Continue reading →

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The Viable Economy serialised – About Growth and Resilience

Posted on 6 January, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

We continue the serialisation of our intervention, The Viable Economy with the sections on Growth and Resilience.  But you can download the whole pamphlet as a pdf file, here. If you like it, why not make a donation towards our … Continue reading →

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The Viable Economy serialised – the first two sections

Posted on 1 January, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

We will be serialising our intervention, The Viable Economy here.  But you can download the whole pamphlet as a pdf file, here. If you like it, why not make a donation towards our work. Our costs are modest, but we … Continue reading →

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Why green growth won’t transform the economy | NewStart

Posted on 12 May, 2014 by The Steady State Manchester team

Here is an excellent piece on the myth of green growth. As the author, Andre Reichel notes, “…green growth is a myth, or at least an inadequate response to the challenges that lie ahead. Because it ignores the social, political … Continue reading →

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IPCC, energy and economic growth – are we brave enough?

Posted on 13 April, 2014 by The Steady State Manchester team

updated 14 April, 2014. Here is a quote from the new IPCC report on how to cut emissions. The summary can be found here: http://report.mitigation2014.org/spm/ipcc_wg3_ar5_summary-for-policymakers_approved.pdf “ Globally, economic and population growth continue to be the most important drivers of increases … Continue reading →

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Recovery…. of what?

Posted on 28 January, 2014 by The Steady State Manchester team

So today’s news is that GDP growth returned last year.  As we noted before, this is a decidedly skewed ‘recovery’ based on London house prices and consumer spending, both fuelled as before the crash by household debt – the feedstock … Continue reading →

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