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 …
'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 …
Now is the time to be bold, and to envisage a holistic, green recovery linking human wellbeing with the health of ecosystems.
… Reframing economics Herbert Girardet | 27th April 2021 | Comment Economics Editor’s Picks Resurgence & … We have much to learn from nature’s economics, which are very different from our …
Working less is both necessary and desirable from an environmental perspective.
… | 8th June 2021 | Activism Politics And Economics Green New Deal Activism … and approaches within the field of economics. One such approach is referred to … wages as the economy shrinks. If degrowth economics often remains at the - still …
The COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency made one thing clear: we have to radically rethink the way we work.
Our system of work is broken Katy Wiese | 11th February 2021 | Comment Dasgupta Review Editor’s Picks Universal Basic Income Degrowth Work Consumption Covid-19 Oil Palm Saplings on Burned Land in …
The UK budget must be about pouring enough water on climate fires and irrigating resources to those in need - not about plucking geese and ‘maxed-out’ credit cards.
… March 2021 | Comment Ecological Interest Rate Economics Climate Breakdown Budget Editor’s … moments of near compulsory interest in economics. Because nobody really understands … Now we need to change the way we talk about economics and how its purpose is understood. …
Pre-covid life is unlikely to return in an environmentally unstable world. But our economic theories have yet to adapt to this new normal.
… | 26th October 2021 | Comment Coronavirus Economics … newsletter . I reckon the majority view in economics was broadly that covid-19 would be a … encoded into how we tend to think about economics. It’s not just a modelling problem: …
Ian Tennant looks at a bid to change the way that money is created so that it can flow to where it is most needed and asks what part will you play in creating a new paradigm for money?
… Money Ian Tennant | 19th June 2013 Activism Economics & Politics moneybank.jpg Ian Tennant … of groups in the arena of new and alternative economics all with designs for a new monetary … understand the deep-seated problems of modern economics and their intimate connection to our …
Economist Ann Pettifor predicted the 2008 economic crash. And predicted a 'shuddering shock' just ahead of the coronavirus pandemic. Find out what she sees coming next...
… 2021 | News Climate Breakdown Coronavirus Economics COP26 Festival Of Wellbeing Green … Country by country. Some of the economics in Pettifor’s book can get a little … they need a pretty good understanding of the economics that inform our demands. This is why …
Applying market logic to protecting the environment is counter-intuitive and deeply worrying.
… that a UK Government report titled The economics of Biodiversity slipped out with … worth. Once we make that extension, the economics of biodiversity becomes a study in … a model for doing this in her book Doughnut Economics. Since its publication, she’s been …
The exploitation of labour, and the ravaging of nature, is an essential element in shaping the rich world’s economies.
… Simon Pirani | 22nd September 2021 | Comment Economics Degrowth The Imperial Mode Of … – vague. I agree that the approaches to economics and ecology developed by “degrowth” …
Rob Hopkins, founder of the transition movement, introduces his new book 'Just Doing Stuff' which argues for a change in current economic structures, a change that starts with each of us as individuals.....
The Power of Just Doing Stuff - How Local Action Can Change the World Rob Hopkins | 25th June 2013 Activism Society jimw-rob hopkins 33.jpg Rob Hopkins, founder of the transition movement, introduces …
Now is the time to fundamentally transform how our societies produce and distribute energy.
… | Comment Climate Breakdown Energy Capitalism Economics Energy 2.63394472.jpg Now is the … has been given a new meaning inflected by economics. Energy is understood to be a …
Unsustainable farming systems that damage the environment and public health thrive at the expense of sustainable producers. Patrick Holden makes the case for "true cost accounting" ...
… | 29th November 2013 Comment Food Farming Economics Green Economy patrick-holden.png …
Climate change is an existential threat to humans and our civilisation. A rapid transition to a renewable energy system must take place if we are to survive, argues Tom Burke - never mind the economics.
… Climate change is about survival - not economics Tom Burke | 11th December 2013 Comment Climate Change Green Economy Economics winston-churchill.png Climate change … to survive, argues Tom Burke - never mind the economics. One of the more stressful moments …
The Ecologist's Lorna Howarth reports on news and action from the environmental frontline
Frontline Online: Greening The Global Economy Lorna Howarth | 29th January 2013 News obama.jpg America must now lead the 'greening' of the Global economy, says President Obama The Ecologist's Lorna …
All civilisations – except our own – have believed in a universal good life, with money solely a means towards that end, writes James Sainsbury.
… by Michael Sandel. These two books restore economics to its true philosophical and moral … of our obsession with economic growth and of economics itself, which, having developed when … This limitation is particularly serious as economics has now triumphed over its academic …
Tim Jackson's latest book Post Growth: Life After Capitalism is 'written almost as much in poetry as in prose'.
… Molly Scott Cato | 22nd June 2021 | Comment Economics Capitalism Hannah Arendt Tim … that led me to go back to university to study economics three decades ago and so I’m greatly … This book feels more like philosophy than economics and I hope for that reason it will …
India is unable to shake off its ties to coal despite its commitment to renewable energy, giving rise to enormous social and environmental costs.
… in India using the frameworks of ecological economics and political ecology. She is also … member of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics. This research article is based on a … in the February 2021 issue of Ecological Economics and can be read here . This …