“Not growing but thriving”: The Beginning of a Paradigm Shift
Limits is a transformative word, because it tells us that somebody has drawn that economy in their mind and they have drawn it as part of the biosphere. That is the beginning of a paradigm shift.
May 23, 2023
How the Pandemic Sharpens Inequalities
We need new measures, both pre-distributive and re-distributive, that reflect the new inequalities that have emerged from the pandemic and that allow us to tackle the great challenge ahead: climate change. Tackling climate change demands the redistribution of resources and power.
March 2, 2022
How we put out the fire
Like Dante in the inferno, for humanity in the first decades of the 21st century, the only way is through. In The Ministry for the Future, writer Kim Stanley Robinson imagines that path, telling the story of a world that somehow manages to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
January 14, 2022
Degrowth is about global justice
The only people that are against these ideas are the capitalist class. The obstacle is not ordinary people. The obstacle is capital. That’s the terrain we need to be fighting on.
January 7, 2022
No Time for Castles: From Closed to Open Democracy
Open democracy is a system in which power is equally distributed, or equally accessible at the very least, to ordinary citizens. E
July 16, 2021
Working on Overdrive: The Future of Platforms and Working Time
It might be a bit of a hunker down message, but it’s about focusing on people’s needs: security, resilience, and minimising risks.
April 21, 2021