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Category Archives: key concepts
Policies for the City Region – serialised: Part 6, radical economic localisation
We continue the serialisation of our report, Policies for the City Region. In this installment we explore the idea of “Economic Localisation” something that certainly distinguishes our approach from that of others suggesting policies for the city region. And there’s … Continue reading
Living within limits to Growth: How?
Living within limits to Growth – how do we do it? Talk given by Mark H Burton, Steady State Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, 6 May, 2017. Here are the notes and illustrations used in this talk. It covers the following … Continue reading
Universal Basic Income: Is it the only cornerstone of a just society?
Read this as a pdf Carolyn Kagan Steady State Manchester The momentum in favour of universal basic income is gathering. John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, recently announced the Labour Party was establishing a working group to investigate … Continue reading
Universal Basic Income: The Cornerstone of a Just Society?
On a cold January day, the room of about 60 people was buzzing towards the end of Karl Widerquist’s talk on Universal Basic Income: The Cornerstone of a Just Society at the SSM/MMU event on January 30th 2017. Later that … Continue reading
Posted in economics, event reports, key concepts
Tagged Carolyn Kagan, citizens income, economy, future of work, income, universal basic income (UBI)
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Greater Manchester Garden City – a viable alternative?
Conversation event: Greater Manchester Garden City – a viable alternative? Thursday 2 March, 6.30pm, Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester. Book via EventBrite We’ll be showing Tom Bliss’s film that reviewed the Garden City concept and suggested applying it retrospectively … Continue reading
Posted in cities, environment, events, key concepts
Tagged alternative vision, bioregion, city region, Garden Cities, Greater Manchester, Urbal
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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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Universal Basic Income (or Citizen’s Income) – a digest of issues
Universal basic income (UBI) is an unconditional, income paid to every individual as a right of citizenship. Steady State Manchester is increasingly interested in the relationship between work and income as the number of relatively secure, decently paid jobs reduces … Continue reading
New evidence on decoupling carbon emissions from GDP growth: what does it mean?
New evidence suggests absolute decoupling in some economies, but is it enough and will it last? PDF version Background Does economic growth inevitably lead to more emissions of pollutants, and specifically of greenhouse gases? In previous posts I’ve shown that … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, key concepts
Tagged Carbon Brief, climate change, decoupling, economic growth, GHG emissions, Mark Burton
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