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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
Environment secretary Michael Gove said he is convinced “climate change is a danger” but that efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions must not come at the expense of economic growth. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK reports
A new financial crisis is threatening to dwarf the 'subprime' mortgage debacle, writes Paul Mobbs. Cheap money from central banks has fuelled some $1.3 trillion of risky investments in high-cost 'unconventional' oil and gas. Now, with oil sinking below $60, all that paper is turning to junk - and that's putting the entire economic system at risk.
… 2014 News Finance Oil Gas Fossil Fuels Economics fracking-burns-cut.jpg A new … prices, investors are beginning to review the economics of unconventional oil and gas. For … been a number of damning reports about the economics of unconventional fossil fuels. Now …
The current economic downturn is hard, but it’s also filled with opportunities to remake the world in a more sustainable way, says Stephen Hale
… the hype Stephen Hale | 1st October 2008 News Economics Recession Myths Media Finance Economics Politics And Economics Dont_Hype_MAIN.jpg The current …
Vivien Dinh speaks to Satish Kumar about his new book, 'Radical Love: From Separation to Connection with the Earth, Each Other, and Ourselves'.
… News Editor’s Picks Satish Kumar Politics And Economics Ecology Energy Lessons From Nature Economics … Oikonomia is the basis for regenerative economics. The whole of this beautiful planet …
A new energy market analysis shows the average cost of electricity from renewables is already lower than from fossil fuels, writes Alex Kirby. And as renewables eat deeper into the 'market share' of coal and gas power plants, so the entire economics of fossil fuel power generation will unravel.
… 15th September 2016 News Energy Fossil Fuels Economics Carbon Tracker wind-cut.jpg A new … of coal and gas power plants, so the entire economics of fossil fuel power generation will … significantly undermine the plants' economics. It says few models so far have …
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 …
Economist Herman E Daly argues that our future depends on a new economic model, one that needs to be defined by the dynamic balance – the steady state – of the natural world upon which it depends.
… Daly | 1st April 2008 News Steady-state Economics Throughput Economics Environment Lessons From Nature Food … Finance Free Trade Globalisation Politics And Economics Society Archive_206.jpg Economist …
The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) survey of global risks revealed that the cost crisis has overtaken the failure to act on climate change as the biggest concern.
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'Governments need a way to promote a sustainable, equitable transition while reducing the overall debt burden.'
… Mastini | 16th June 2020 News Degrwoth Economics Thought Leaders Money Debt Finance … is money itself, conceived of by mainstream economics as a neutral veil that sits over the …
Within minutes of Labour's election defeat its MPs were denouncing Miliband for failing to 'embrace aspiration' and alienating 'wealth creators', writes Ben Whitham. But the real problem was that he never expressed a coherent alternative to neoliberalism and austerity, presenting at best a 'Tory lite' agenda that failed to inspire. And who are the real wealth creators anyway?
… Ben Whitham | 4th July 2015 News Politics UK Economics Society jeremy-corbyn-cut.jpg Within … would become known as the 'Chicago School' of economics , a school that has in turn come to … - and, increasingly, global - politics and economics. It is the social trajectory to …
A study of 245 large dams carried out at Oxford University shows that big hydropower is uneconomic. Actual costs are typically double pre-construction estimates - and have not improved over 70 years. ASEAN energy ministers take note!
… April 2014 News Water Energy Malaysia Asia Economics Renewables bakun-dam.jpg A study of …
Ann Pettifor, Molly Scott Cato, Kelvin Clayton and Larry Elliott to discuss Green New Deal at Extinction Rebellion event in Bridport.
… Extinction economics Horatio Morpurgo | 10th March 2020 News Thought Leaders Economics Extinction Rebellion Finance Events … were – his word – ‘barmy.’ ‘Extinction Economics’ will gather some of the country’s …