https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/time-post-growth-economy-180715141049984.html By Jason Hickel for Al Jazeera
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by Brenda Berg The beginning of the 20th Century saw a dramatic shift in the way that the modern world works. Globalisation spread at an unprecedented rate, as did advancements in technology and the way in which production and labour markets operate. It’s safe to say...
by Alex Jensen Originally published on the Economics of Happiness Blog at https://www.localfutures.org/globalizations-deadly-footprint/. That pollution is bad for our health will come as a surprise to no one. That pollution kills at least 9 million people every year...
by Steven Gorelick Originally published on the Economics of Happiness Blog at https://www.localfutures.org/technology-and-its-discontents/. Tucked within the pages of the January issue of the ‘Agriview’, a monthly farm publication published by the State of...
Hurricane Maria, which made landfall at the end of September, left the island of Puerto Rico without energy, as more than three-quarters of its energy infrastructure was lost to the storm. As Puerto Ricans sought help in restoring power to the people, for green energy...
You may not have noticed, but a huge global movement is well on its way to creating the next generation of the internet. This massive technological sea change is largely being driven by a key innovation in database technology called the blockchain, and many...
Sometimes it’s hard to imagine a systemic solution for our world in crisis. Beautiful Alternatives are rising around the world, and here is Universal Basic Income to unlock our imagination. What happens when you #ImagineUBI? Universal Basic Income can be a...
The left has also allowed itself to be divided over class. As a comrade and teacher I met “cloth-cap elitism”, I wasn’t a real worker. The attitude was the “Workers of the World Unite”, and we’ll let students and teachers tag along. Yet how often have their...
