Long Read: Economics has been dominated by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of success. But ecological economics measures welfare and sustainability instead.
… Towards an ecological economics David Caicedo Sarralde | 30th July 2021 | Comment Economics Ecological Economics GDP Editor’s Picks Ecologist …
Economics is much more than the study of money, writes Paul Mobbs. It is a belief system, and in its 'mainstream' incarnation, one that serves a very useful purpose - for those that reap the benefits. But as Brian Davey shows in his insightful new book, it's letting the rest of us down: failing to deliver human wellbeing, while driving ecological calamity.
… 'Credo': economics is a belief system - and we are … Paul Mobbs | 6th November 2015 Reviews Economics Books Politics … Economics is much more than the study of … for the 'ecological view' of the world. If economics is a belief system, how can we …
Economics claims to be a science - yet it fails to engage with the world's only real economic actors - people, not theorems. It's time to rethink economics, write David Boyle and Andrew Simms, and ask the revolutionary question: 'What if ... ?'
… What if ... economics became a science? David Boyle Andrew Simms | 3rd February 2014 Comment Economics Green Economy yam-market-africa.png Economics claims to be a science - yet it …
This year's prestigious Leontief Prize for economics has been awarded to Professors James Boyce and Joan Martinez-Alier for their ground-breaking theoretical and applied work integrating ecological, developmental, and justice-oriented approaches into the field of economics. They are worthy winners, says NICK MEYNEN
… the 2017 winners of The Leontief Prize for Economics Nick Meynen | 29th March 2017 News Economics Sustainable Economics Social Justice Environment …
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a seminal book that has inspired contemporary thought on regenerative economics.
… Economics without ethics is wrong Satish Kumar … Small Is Beautiful EF Schumacher Heterodox Economics Elegant Simplicity Economics Resurgence & Ecologist … inspired contemporary thought on regenerative economics. This year marks the 50th …
'The LSE would become a world leader and show other universities teaching economics is incomplete without teaching ecology.'
… We need a London School of Ecology and Economics Satish Kumar | 11th January 2021 | Comment Ecology Economics LSE The Resurgence Trust Editor’s … leader and show other universities teaching economics is incomplete without teaching …
The new Index of Sustainable Economic Growth shows there is a shift to strike a healthier balance between support for the economy, and care for essential social and environmental systems. But can it ever replace GDP as a measure of progress? JAMES CURRAN explores the idea
… James Curran | 30th January 2017 Comment Economics Growth Sustainability The Index Of …
How an elite clique of math-addled economists hijacked climate policy.
… When idiot savants do climate economics Christopher Ketcham | 1st November 2023 | Comment Economics Climate Change Editor’s Picks … and universities worldwide that teach climate economics. Billions Nordhaus’s work literally …
Filmmaker, campaigner and environmental pioneer Helena Norberg-Hodge talks to Jemima Roberts about her latest film - The Economics of Happiness - the damage globalisation is doing, and what can be done to counter it
… 2011 Ethical Living Helena Norberg-hodge Economics Happiness Films Globalisation Politics And Economics helenan-h.b&w.portraitedit.jpg … to Jemima Roberts about her latest film - The Economics of Happiness - the damage …
Academic FEDERICO DEMARIA will be addressing staff at the European Commission today in a keynote speech about the crucial issues of economic growth and environmental degradation. He asks, is the well-being of the individual, societies and nations possible beyond economic growth?
… the emerging field of ecological macroeconomics is starting to address them … convincingly. Happiness factor Happiness and economics literature shows that GDP growth is …
The EU referendum debate is taking place between different wings of the corporate elite, dominated by assumptions in favour of big business, free trade and endless economic growth, write Helena Norberg-Hodge, Rupert Read & Thomas Wallgren. But to vote for a sustainable future we must adopt a very different, local perspective - one you'll never find in UK's 'mainstream' media.
… Read Thomas Wallgren | 31st May 2016 News EU Economics Sustainability Corporations … between politics at the national level, and economics at the international level. Many … she is the producer of the award-winning The Economics of Happiness and author of Ancient …
The main engine of economic exploitation is the financial system's ever increasing extraction of value through interest payments, according to economist Michael Hudson. Paul Craig Roberts finds his analysis all too accurate, as the over-financialized economies of western countries head down a spiral of poverty, decline, injustice and despair.
… Craig Roberts | 12th February 2016 Reviews Economics Finance Society Books … should have won several Nobel prizes in economics, but he will never get one. Hudson … University of Chicago, which had a leading economics faculty, Hudson studied music and …
We need a new economics that centres our dependence on the environment to understand the coming instability of climate breakdown.
… The economics of breakdown James Meadway | 29th July 2022 | Comment Climate Breakdown Economics Marxism Keynesianism Neoliberalism … 51071831427_bc1a86ef65_k.jpg We need a new economics that centres our dependence on the …
… to take this opportunity to launch a new economics project – challenging the current … restricted to funding our new environmental economics project. “Without social justice … on Want, The Guardian , 2021 “I majored in economics, philosophy, and politics at Oxford, …
The threat posed to nature and society by the massive expansion of industrial, fossil fuel economies was discussed by a generation of authors 60 years ago. What can they teach us today?
… Girardet | 26th September 2022 | Comment Economics Megamorphosis Editor’s Picks World … across major landmarks of ecological and economics thinking that helped define the … of the new discipline of ecological economics. They had a profound effect in …
Well-being is not just a luxury for good economic times, writes Christine Berry. Reducing poverty and promoting equality are more important economic goals than the pursuit of endless growth.
… Christine Berry | 30th April 2014 Comment Economics Society Green Economy Consumerism … down with it. Essentially, neoclassical economics assumes that individual welfare … damaging to well-being. For example, the New Economics Foundation's analysis of European …
It’s the battle of the century. In one corner, the Economy – big, bloated, greedy and growing. In the other, the planet Earth – fragile, finite and fighting back.
… How modern economics causes both inner and outer climate … Analysis Climate Change Usage Rationing Risk Economics Environment Justice Green Lifestyle … UK Lessons From Nature Politics And Economics Society Archive_202.jpg It’s the …
Business and the wider economy can become sustainable parts of the ecosystem - here are some ideas
… | 19th June 2009 Activism Culture Change New Economics Foundation Green Economics The Institute For Local … Robertson Green New Deal 101_business_and_economics.jpg Business and the wider economy …
Peru is in hot competition with Brazil to be the main focus of Amazonian deforestation, writes Clément Doleac. A neoliberal government desperate to hand over the country's forests, oil, gas, minerals and indigenous lands for corporate exploitation is unafraid to break national laws, turn a blind eye to air and water pollution, and respond to any challenges with overwhelming violence.
… . Notes 1. 'Peru Economic Outlook' in Focus Economics , August 11, 2015. Consulted on http://www.focus-economics.com/countries/peru on September …
Political support for fracking is not just about energy, writes Paul Mobbs. It reflects the greater ecological and resource crisis at the root of our current economic woes - and only postpones the essential shift to a new kind of economy.
… Paul Mobbs | 5th March 2014 News Fossil Fuels Economics Green Economy Fracking UK Club Of … message regarding the relationship between economics, energy and the environment. That's … carbon issue . In addition to the ecological economics debate , we're now at peak oil too - …
The French have a much better word for it: 'decroissance'. Using ugly and frightening terms like 'degrowth' won't help pave the way for a new and exciting economics
… Cato | 14th July 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Growth Recession Degrowth … help pave the way for a new and exciting economics For an orthodox economist, ‘growth’ … in which this holy of holies of capitalist economics is held. Its conceptual power is so …
‘Religion is the opium of the people’ is one of Marx’s best-known aphorisms. It is memorable because it tells us so much about the manipulation of faith in the industrial era
… News Economic Growth Karl Marx Neo-liberalism Economics Growth Consumerism International … Development Globalisation Politics And Economics Society Archive_37.jpg ‘Religion is …
Gordon Brown's Budget was disappointing. But not just because of its economic niceties. It fails to address key issues which have become taboo amongst economists - money, debt and economic growth. Molly Scott Cato, a green economist and Senior Lecturer in Social Economy at the Cardiff School of Management, addresses all three...
… Molly Scott Cato | 22nd March 2007 Comment Economics Gordon Brown Budget Growth UK Economics Globalisation Subsidies Fair Trade Politics And Economics Society molly_cato_headshot.jpg …
'Rational Economic Man' can be a useful mathematical construct. The trouble is, far too many economists seem to have taken him to their heart, and now believe him to be real
… Cato | 14th June 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Neoclassical Economics Feminism molly.jpg 'Rational … that students who were attracted to studying economics were already more likely to behave …