Filmmaker, campaigner and environmental pioneer Helena Norberg-Hodge talks to Jemima Roberts about her latest film - The Economics of Happiness - the damage globalisation is doing, and what can be done to counter it
… 2011 Ethical Living Helena Norberg-hodge Economics Happiness Films Globalisation Politics And Economics helenan-h.b&w.portraitedit.jpg … to Jemima Roberts about her latest film - The Economics of Happiness - the damage …
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 …
The French have a much better word for it: 'decroissance'. Using ugly and frightening terms like 'degrowth' won't help pave the way for a new and exciting economics
… Cato | 14th July 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Growth Recession Degrowth … help pave the way for a new and exciting economics For an orthodox economist, ‘growth’ … in which this holy of holies of capitalist economics is held. Its conceptual power is so …
‘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
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Gordon Brown's Budget was disappointing. But not just because of its economic niceties. It fails to address key issues which have become taboo amongst economists - money, debt and economic growth. Molly Scott Cato, a green economist and Senior Lecturer in Social Economy at the Cardiff School of Management, addresses all three...
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'Rational Economic Man' can be a useful mathematical construct. The trouble is, far too many economists seem to have taken him to their heart, and now believe him to be real
… Cato | 14th June 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Neoclassical Economics Feminism molly.jpg 'Rational … that students who were attracted to studying economics were already more likely to behave …
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 …
Tim Jackson's new book, 'Prosperity Without Growth', is an explosive indictment of the failure of economic growth to provide sustainable wellbeing for the world's population. But there could be another way forward...
… | 2nd November 2009 Comment Politics And Economics No-growth Growth Herman Daly Ecological Economics Sustainability pwgfc.jpg Tim … is called for. A different kind of economics is needed. The balance between …
The Ecologist speaks to author, activist and former businessman Ross Jackson about his idea for a roadmap for radical economic and political reform
… Lee | 21st March 2012 Activism Politics And Economics Occupy Movement World Bank WTO Gaia … isn't the capitalism system, it's neoliberal economics. It benefits the wealthiest and … countries and the environment. Can the ‘Gaian economics' you propose operate in a capitalist …
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
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Economists have all but forgotten about the source of real wealth - the land under our feet. They do so at their peril
… Economics without land is a disaster Molly … Cato | 13th January 2010 Comment Politics And Economics Land Money Green Economics molly.jpg Economists have all but …
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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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 …
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 hundred years ago, markets ruled: fortunes were made, workers abused, bubbles blown. The Austrian School of economists, led by Ludwig von Mises, said this was fine: despite temporary messiness, the market knows best.
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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 …
Molly gets her knuckles rapped for not including standard economic models in her university teaching, and wonders if the profession is disappearing up its own regression formula...
… Modern economics is one step away from measuring … Cato | 17th August 2009 Comment Politics And Economics Green Economics molly.jpg Molly gets her knuckles …
A sneak preview of Helena Norberg-Hodge's epic documentary which examines how 'going local' is a powerful strategy to help repair our fractured world - ecosystems, societies and individuals
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Few people in policy work have nice things to say about the Treasury, especially if you produce reports challenging economic growth. So Sarkozy's recent move on GDP is welcome
… | 23rd September 2009 Comment Politics And Economics Growth GDP porritt.jpg Few people in … other words, exactly the kind of growth-based economics that “destroys more than it creates” …
This budget season, and so a short perambulation around the vexed question of the national debt seems in order. As a nation we've been living with debt for more the 300 years now, since 1694 to be precise, when Scottish privateer William Paterson persuaded the government of the time that creating £1.2 million of IOUs would get them out of their spending difficulties.
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It's called the 'Cinderella economy'. You know it as the local, sustainable businesses that don't make the GDP figures soar, but do provide jobs and glue communities together...
… Jackson | 26th January 2010 News Politics And Economics GDP Growth Prosperity Without Growth … Cinderella to the ball. Tim Jackson is economics commissioner on the UK government’s … Surrey. His book, Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet (£12.99) is …
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. …
The world has watched the vertiginous collapse of the Icelandic economy in recent months with a mixture of fascination and horror.
… Cato | 4th March 2009 Comment Iceland Economy Economics Finance Global Market Recession JObs Finance Globalisation Politics And Economics Society … reach. Molly Scott Cato is a reader in green economics at the Cardiff School of Management …