Tag Archives: economy

More than just places

Posted on 2 March, 2023 by The Steady State Manchester team

Book Review Adamson, D., Axinte, L., Lang, M., & Marsden, T. (2023). Sustainable places: Addressing social inequality and environmental crisis. Routledge. £35.99 paperback, £26.99 ebook. This short book covers much the same question that we have been concerned with in … Continue reading →

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Invisible workers, invisible systems.

Posted on 22 April, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

Invisible workers, invisible systems. By Mark Burton                                                                                                            pdf version also available at Resilience.org This is based on a short talk I gave to an event, What have we learned about work during Covid 19 and what needs to change? organised … Continue reading →

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Viable Greater Manchester: our new policy collection

Posted on 22 March, 2021 by The Steady State Manchester team

Now with summary diagram showing how the policies would work to support each other. Viable Greater Manchester Policies for a Socially Just & Ecologically Safe City Region, 2021 This is a contribution from Steady State Manchester to the debate about … Continue reading →

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Job creation after Covid-19: the participatory economy.

Posted on 16 July, 2020 by The Steady State Manchester team

by Carolyn Kagan Is there a different way of creating jobs? There is no doubt about it, COVID-19 has forced us to rethink not only what, and who, we value most but the purpose, nature and impact of work and … 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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There’s a problem with New Green Deals

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

The New Green Deal, or Green New Deal, idea is getting a lot of coverage. There are some good ideas there but serious flaws, and they demonstrate a kind of laziness of thought among some of the advocates. A New … Continue reading →

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Community wealth building: resources for a new dawn or for a better collapse?

Posted on 12 November, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

This post has also been published as “Launch: Community Wealth Building” on the Stir to Action blog. I attended a launch event for the new issue of Stir magazine. In case you don’t know it, Stir is a great source for thinking and … Continue reading →

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What happened when Degrowth was discussed in the Catalan Parliament?

Posted on 6 October, 2017 by The Steady State Manchester team

Update: 19 December, 2017.  Further to the article below, a lot has happened in Catalonia.  The parliament has been suspended by Madrid’s Popular Party minority government.  Oriol Junqueras, criticised for his conventional economics below, is in prison with another independista … Continue reading →

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