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 …
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 …
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 …
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 - …
‘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 …
Economists need to develop a measure of net economic and ecological well-being, rather than depending on GDP.
… | 3rd May 2019 News GDP Degrowth Politics And Economics Science & Systems p05n7yfw.jpg … and wealth was distributed. The science of economics was closely related to politics from … before natural limits were reached. Modern economics Smith believed that individuals and …
The 'death of peak oil' has been much exaggerated, writes Paul Mobbs. Take out high-cost 'unconventional' oil and production peaked ten years ago, and even North America's fracking and tar sands boom has failed to open up new resources both big enough to make good the shortfall, and cheap enough to reward investors. We really do need to be thinking 'beyond petroleum'.
… oil Paul Mobbs | 5th May 2015 News Energy Oil Economics syncrude-cut.jpg The 'death of peak … about is whether this is the result of recent economics, or some longer-term trend. This … the result of the interaction of geology and economics: Geology gives a natural …
Fakenomics: Climate deniers manufactured a backlash to the influential Stern Review - which called climate change the greatest market failure ever seen.
… Nicholas Stern Stern Review Climate Change Economics Lord Lawson x Fakenomics: Climate … to conduct an exhaustive study into the economics of climate change. Stern was … being made professor at the London School of Economics. He had gone on to serve as senior …
New study finds cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero will save significant damage to the UK economy.
… Change And The Environment London School Of EconomicsEconomics _111057968_hi060266341.jpg New study … and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). A team …
China boasts the fastest growing economy in the world. But how to calculate this development’s impact on natural resources, on public health and the environment? Pan Yue sets out the case for green GDP accounting
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Although much maligned as a measurement of progress, some believe a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measurement that includes natural capital could be the way forward
… Tom Levitt | 20th November 2009 News GDP Economics And Politics Biodiversity … fetishism’. As others - including the New Economics Foundation - have indicated, our … is the best way to halt this degradation? The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity …
Orthodox economics and finance have promoted a false account of money, writes Ann Pettifor. Change is necessary and possible. But it will come only through a revolution in the general public's understanding.
… Finance Green Economy money-trp.png Orthodox economics and finance have promoted a false … Some think that this neglect by the economics profession is not accidental. It has … in understanding or taming finance from the economics profession, from regulators or …
Lord Lawson would command the admiration and gratitude of the denial cause when he raised the economics of climate change in the House of Lords.
… of the denial cause when he raised the economics of climate change in the House of … of the House of Lords to examine the economics of climate change. As a committee … had based its analysis on poor statistics and economics. Disposed to denial The committee …
Big may look impressive, but life can be hell for the individual in agriculture today. The problems are vast and complex, and do not lend themselves to easy answers. So what is the agricultural crisis all about, and what can be done to tackle it? Steven Gorelick seeks out the true root of the crisis.
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The effect of climate change on economic growth is up to six times stronger in the world's poorest countries.
… Henseler | 19th June 2019 News Politics And Economics Research And Development Economic … the realm of music - it holds true in global economics. Cross-country inequality between … Schumacher is Professor in environmental economics at IPAG Business School, Paris. …
A report by the NEF details what a reformed welfare state would look like.
… a sustainable welfare system look like? A New Economics Foundation report reveals all… 15th April 2009 News Welfare New Economics Foundations EconomicsEconomics Human Rights Health …
More than 8,500 separate fires burned during 2018 in California, making them the deadliest and most destructive of any year in the state’s history.
… and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics combined physical, epidemiological … from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and the Norwegian University of …
The steady loss of forests, soils, wetlands, fisheries, species and coral reefs around the world is closely tied to the lack of value we put on nature, says three-year study
… report on the cost of climate change, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity … Gordon Shepherd. 'With smarter approaches to economics this can change but right now we are … paying for their ignorance.' Useful links The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity …
Education must nurture young people who are aware of the problems that our world faces and who are armed with ideas on how to tackle them.
… Teaching circular economics Matthew Murray | 27th September 2019 News Thought Leaders Teaching Circular Economics Education Waste Pedagogy Editor’s … be more dynamic, and this is where circular economics comes in. A circular economy is one …
The Brexit fiasco and French riots are accelerating symptoms of Europe’s earth system crisis
… system-failure, I explained, is rooted in the economics of the energy production that … 2017 in the Springer journal, BioPhysical Economics and Resource Quality , Michael … January 2017, the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy run by the University of …
Can we initiate a global green recovery, embedding economics within sound ecological parameters?
… | 21st May 2020 News Covid-19 Coronavirus Economics Thought Leaders Regenerative Farming … initiate a global green recovery, embedding economics within sound ecological parameters? … should be at the heart of any recovery; economics predicated on mass production and …