Degrowth

Degrowth Explainers 3: Whats in a donut?

3 weeks ago
What would an economy actually designed for people and planet look like? Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics gives us the most complete answer yet — a framework built on two simple ideas: make sure everyone has enough, and don't destroy the planet doing it.

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Degrowth Explainers 2. What degrowth is and what it isn't

1 month ago
The word degrowth has some very obvious connotations. It suggests shrinking economies, reducing productivity, making less stuff, buying less, doing less. Even the slightest hint of this sort of idea can be complete anathema to some people, but is that really all its about? And can we really get by with doing less instead of always chasing more?

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Degrowth Explainers 1: Economic models

1 month ago
Living in the 21st century you'd be forgiven for thinking that economics is a solved science. Except it is not. What we understand as orthodox economics is simply one explanatory model which was chosen as the basis for the economy by a small group of people over 40 years ago.

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