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Tag Archives: Guardian
For a stability and wellbeing pact, not more growth
This letter appeared in the Guardian and in a number of other European newspapers today. It is signed by people well known in the degrowth/post-growth and steady state community but also by a number of other prominent critical thinkers who … Continue reading
Posted in news
Tagged degrowth, economic growth, EU, Europe, government policy, growth, Guardian, stability and wellbeing pact
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Economics is for everyone
“In Manchester, groundbreaking economics courses are giving locals the means to challenge some of society’s received wisdom – for free.” Another article in Aditya Chakrabortty’s Guardian series “The Alternatives”. This time we can’t claim any involvement (though one of SSM’s … Continue reading
Posted in community, economics, education
Tagged culture, Education, Guardian, historical memory, The Alternatives
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Greater Manchester Combined Authority is a model for regional cities – and could be a resource for Steady State
SIr Howard Bernstein, Chief Executive of Manchester City Council, has just published a piece in Guardian Professional on the new Greater Manchester Combined Authority.In it he identifies the advantages of Manchester’s model of co-ordinated planning and action across the conurbation. … Continue reading
Posted in economics, lock-in, Manchester City Council
Tagged bioregion, economy, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, growth, Guardian, LinkedIn
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Vital reading: Paul Mason on graduates and survival in the cracks…
From Paul Mason’s The graduates of 2012 will survive only in the cracks of our economy Rachel Rosenfelt, the 23-year-old New Yorker who set up an online publication called The New Inquiry, sums it up: “there is surplus population” of … Continue reading
