Tag Archives: replacement economy

So what would we do? Towards an alternative strategy for the city region

Posted on 6 November, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

Download the Working Paper here It is easy to be critical. We are critical of the way our city and regional leaders have generally tackled the difficult problem of economic, social and environmental viability. We see their approach as based … Continue reading →

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Are small firms getting a good deal in Greater Manchester?

Posted on 14 March, 2016 by The Steady State Manchester team

Did you know that there are 5.4 million small and medium-sized firms (those employing less than 250 people) in the country as a whole, employing some 23 million people? They are the heart of the economy and of any future … Continue reading →

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Calais and the Viable Economy

Posted on 3 August, 2015 by judith515

I am trying to read the newspaper.  The sense of horror and helplessness which has been pre-occupying me over the last few days and weeks has driven me to write this blog.  No doubt many readers have similar feelings as … Continue reading →

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The Viable Economy serialised – About population and migration

Posted on 17 April, 2015 by The Steady State Manchester team

We continue the serialisation of our intervention, The Viable Economy, this time with Chapter 13, “About population and migration”.  Population has been a question of some controversy among ecological thinkers and activists.  Migration has great topicality with high levels from … Continue reading →

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Steady State Manchester at Manchester Policy Week

Posted on 6 November, 2014 by The Steady State Manchester team

I was one of the panel for a question time session on “An Economy for All” on day five of University of Manchester’s Policy Week, organised in conjunction with CLES and chaired by CLES Chief Executive, Neil McInroy (1). Each … Continue reading →

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Can we end aviation dependency, and meanwhile how to spend the profits?

Posted on 16 July, 2014 by The Steady State Manchester team

  Last year Manchester City Council received what was described as a windfall of some £14m from its share of Manchester Airport Group. The other Greater Manchester councils have received a smaller, proportionate share. This year the figure is £16.23m … Continue reading →

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Selective versus unselective growth

Posted on 22 January, 2014 by The Steady State Manchester team

From time to time our position gets misrepresented – or is that misunderstood?  Here is what we said  in November 2012 about the need for selective growth in In Place of Growth (page 12). Our view has not changed. “Sectors … Continue reading →

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What do we mean by post-growth?

Posted on 29 July, 2013 by The Steady State Manchester team

Our initiative, Steady State Manchester takes its name from the idea of a Steady State Economy that was promoted in the work of North American ecological economists, principally Herman Daly. In our report In Place of Growth, we explore what … Continue reading →

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