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Taking the Imperative out of Growth

Posted on 30 June, 2020 by The Steady State Manchester team

by Mark H Burton This article presents the personal viewpoint of the author rather than the considered position of the SSM collective as a whole. This article as a pdf.        Our much longer, fully referenced version (pdf). The report, The … Continue reading →

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Re-focussing the economy in times of climate emergency and economic exclusion

Posted on 11 February, 2020 by The Steady State Manchester team

Re-focussing the economy in times of climate emergency and economic exclusion. Mark H Burton Based on a talk given to Manchester Labour Backbenchers’ Committee, 6 February, 2020. Republished at themeteor.org resilience.org and shorttermwealth.com    click for a pdf version In … Continue reading →

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Six problems for Green Deals

Posted on 12 September, 2019 by The Steady State Manchester team

by Mark H Burton A talk given as part of the panel session on The Economics of Climate Emergency, at Manchester Metropolitan University’s launch event for the Future Economies Research Centre.  Also available here at resilience.org: Spanish translation here /Traducción … Continue reading →

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What Kind of a Green Deal? The implications of material and monetary flows.

Posted on 28 February, 2019 by The Steady State Manchester team

What Kind of a Green Deal? The implications of material and monetary flows1. Mark H Burton                                                                       pdf version of the article Contents Introduction: the resurgence of New Green Deals. Green Deals, Growth and Material Flows Paying for a Green Deal: … Continue reading →

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An economy that does not grow?

Posted on 9 November, 2018 by The Steady State Manchester team

An economy that does not grow? Mark H Burton                                                                                                                                      pdf version Spanish translation here /Traducción a castellano-enlace There is now plenty of evidence that economic growth is highly problematic for human welfare and survival. The evidence comes from three … Continue reading →

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We need to end growth dependency, but how?

Posted on 23 February, 2018 by The Steady State Manchester team

Monetary reform would make at best a minor contribution to the task1.  Mark H Burton2 Summary There is increasing recognition that endless economic “growth” is neither possible on a finite planet nor a desirable policy aim in social and economic … 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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