3D printing machines such as the 'RepRap' already allow people to design and 'print out' products at home. Could this be the beginning of the end for traditional, capitalist manufacturing?
Will the RepRap machine bring a new manufacturing and the end of consumerism? Ann Danylkiw | 20th July 2010 News Science And Technology Reprap 3d Printing Manufacturing Capitalism Marx Localisation …
Sometimes it’s good to take a peep at what the enemy is up to. I spent last weekend reading the New York Herald Tribune, and I’ll sometimes look at The Economist. Both these publications are excellent in their way – the Tribune is far superior in writing and information to The Times, for example – but essentially feed the greed of a business-minded readership anxious to figure out what is going on in the world, the better to profit from it.
How to be free: The last untapped resource Tom Hodgkinson | 1st April 2008 Comment Capitalism Wealth War On Poverty Primitivism Consumerism Free Trade UK US Consumerism Globalisation Politics And …
Now is the time to fundamentally transform how our societies produce and distribute energy.
Roads to an energy commons Simon Pirani | 18th November 2021 | Comment Climate Breakdown Energy Capitalism Economics Energy 2.63394472.jpg Now is the time to fundamentally transform how our societies …
Black Friday could easily refer to today’s carbon footprint driven by the spree of overconsumption, fuelled by advertising.
Black Friday and the climate emergency Andrew Simms Tim Kasser | 26th November 2020 | Comment Climate Breakdown Capitalism Editor’s Picks Black Friday Black Friday Black Friday could easily refer to …
The third in a three-part interview on capitalism and climate breakdown from Political Economy for the End Times.
Green growth or a Green New Deal? Javier Moreno Zacares Gareth Dale Jack Copley | 14th April 2020 Comment Green New Deal Green Growth Economy Climate Breakdown Capitalism Strategy …
We live in a throwaway society. Innovation in the tech industries mean ever more powerful products come to market. But the death of repair shops and a culture of reliance is not simply the result of shiny new things. Corporations, and capitalism itself, requires planned obsolesce, argues STEVEN GORELICK
Our obsolescent economy: modern capitalism and 'throwaway culture' Steven Gorelick | 26th September 2017 News Waste Capitalism Economy Globalization Gorelick Advertising Obsolescence 405371.jpg We …
Is geoengineering realistic, is it safe - or is it just sleight of hand?
Engineering the climate could cost us the earth Gareth Dale | 30th August 2018 Comment Climate Change Geoengineering Capitalism 482523main_jwst_mirror.jpg Is geoengineering realistic, is it safe - or …
A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.
Global fever Gareth Dale | 13th August 2020 | News Thought Leaders Coronavirus Capitalism Book Reviews Editor’s Picks Jökulsárlón A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War …