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 …
Don’t be afraid of the recession, says Andrew Simms , it may just be the lucky break we need to get our heads around a more sane economy and a better quality of life
… Recession Wellbeing Happiness Alternative EconomicsEconomics Rationing Mental Health Environment … Consumerism Globalisation Politics And Economics Society Archive_208.jpg Don’t be …
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. …
Where trade is concerned, one size does not fit all. Andrew Simms argues the case for economic self-sufficiency through localisation
… Free Trade WTO World Trade Organisation Economics EF Schumacher Small Business Free Trade Politics And Economics Society Ecologist_archive_MAIN_9.jpg … our system has unquestioningly encouraged the economics of large and remote organisations. …
Uncontrolled growth of financial debt is currently laying waste to large parts of the global economy. An explosion of ecological debt looks set to do the same, but worse, to a biosphere friendly to human civilisation.
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Hydropowered countries suffer higher levels of poverty, corruption and debt than other nations, new study finds.
No more Hoover dams Marianne Brooker | 15th April 2019 News Hoover Dam Poverty Hydropower Science And Systems mike_ocallaghan-pat_tillman_memorial_bridge_view_from_hoover_dam.jpg Hydropowered …
Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test jurisprudence in country’s Constitutional Court.
Defending Ecuador’s Los Cedros forest Marianne Brooker | 14th July 2020 News Ecuador Mining Conservation Thought Leaders Los Cedros Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test …
Confused when shopping? Wondering if, when you go into the nation’s favourite supermarket, you’re getting the maximum green bang for your buck? Andrew Simms’ latest book, Tescopoly, is a forensic investigation of all things Tesco – including the chain’s green and ethical credentials. Forget the hype, he says, Tesco’s most recent charm offensive, the Good Neighbour policy, launched in May 2006, isn’t good enough. Could Britain’s largest retailer do it better? Take a look at Tesco’s Plan A – then read Plan B
… Green Living Food And Farming Politics And Economics Society Tescopoloy_MAIN.jpg Confused … Andrew Simms is policy director of the New Economics Foundation This article first …
What does it mean to create art in the context of climate crisis? How do we create sustainable, engaging, and critical performance acts and spaces? Birkbeck’s Centre for Contemporary Theatre hosted a one-day symposium to explore the connections between theatre and ecology, reports MARIANNE BROOKER
Creative climate: towards an ecological theatre Marianne Brooker | 16th May 2018 Comment Climate Change Theatre 8_beecomposed-4.jpg What does it mean to create art in the context of climate crisis? …
Climate campaigners should be given a medal for their outstanding bravery and public service, not prison sentences....
… over-hyped, and in Europe especially so. In economics, as in life, getting the right … service. Andrew Simms is a fellow of the New Economics Foundation, and the author of …
Controls on adverts for oil companies, SUV makers and airlines are already starting to happen - but what else should we stop advertising to raise our survival chances?
… Change Tobacco Advertising SUVs Airlines Economics Editor’s Picks boohoo.jpg Controls … Alliance , an author on new and green economics, and co-author of the original Green …
The Ecologist stands in solidarity with university workers who are taking action and we encourage our readers and other media platforms to do so too.
Support the UCU strike Marianne Brooker | 28th February 2020 News Editor’s Picks UCU UKYCC Strike Climate Industrial Action picture_1.png The Ecologist stands in solidarity with university workers …
Bridge International Academies faces a string of allegations over schools in Kenya, Liberia and Uganda. MARIANNE BROOKER reports
Theresa May 'must halt aid funding for failing private schools in Africa' Marianne Brooker | 11th September 2018 News Aid International Development Education Africa bridge-international-web.jpg …
A Trans-Pacific Partnership deal would 'threaten food standards and public services'.
Food and services under threat from trade deals Marianne Brooker | 25th October 2018 News Trade Liam Fox TPP 31011732366_f562cfc0ef_b.jpg A Trans-Pacific Partnership deal would 'threaten food …
New study calls to end hundreds of high-carbon deals in sports sponsorship.
… 2021 | News Climate Breakdown Politics And Economics Melissa Wilson New study calls to … , author of several books on new and green economics and co-author of the original Green …
Emergency food parcels needed for Peru's jungle city hit by Covid-19.
Coronavirus in ‘the lungs of the world’ Marianne Brooker | 29th May 2020 News Covid-19 Coronavirus Peru Amazon Appeal plant-your-future-rainforest-in-a-box-tree-planting-1.jpg Emergency food parcels …