Chris van de Ploeg works as an investigative journalist, affiliated with Platform Authentic Journalism, and published in Follow the Money and De Groene Amsterdammer, among others. He was a lead organizer in the historical student movement of 2015 that occupied the humanities faculty of the University of Amsterdam, under the banners of the University of Colour. He is the co-founder of Arale, a grassroots organization for decolonization. He holds an MA in Liberal Arts and Sciences and is currently enrolled the online masters on Degrowth: Policy, Economy and Ecology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona
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Degrowth, Decolonization and Modern Monetary Theory
Besides strengthening the call for degrowth in the global North, MMT can serve as a powerful tool to achieve full decolonization of the global South.
October 7, 2022
