Why degrowth has outgrown its own name
Here’s what troubles me about degrowth: I just can’t bring myself to use the word. And with the help of smoke bombs, elephants and lighthouses, I can explain why. Check out the five reasons why I think…
Do you dare to doughnut in Davos?
It’s Davos time and the roundtable discussions are getting underway. So here’s the ultimate roundtable that I invite – or dare – every Davos CEO to take a seat at and tell their company’s story.…
Madonna in distress: the new planetary portrait
Mother Earth has a never-before-seen portrait now on show, thanks to three pieces of planetary-scale research published this week. Together they paint the most up-to-date image yet of our planetary home – along with the…
Why it’s time for Doughnut Economics: from TEDx Athens
Want to help rewrite economics? Then here’s the guerrilla campaign for you – set out in my newly posted TEDx Athens talk on Why it’s time for Doughnut Economics. There’s one diagram at the heart…
Don’t let the Anthropocene become the Manthropocene.
Have we have entered the Anthropocene – the planetary era that is dominated by the environmental impacts of human activity? Ironically, the scientists deciding this important question seem to have overlooked the fact that their…
Want to get into the doughnut? Tackle inequality
Humanity’s central challenge in the 21st century is to meet the human rights of all people within the capacity of Earth’s life-support systems. In other words, we need to get into the doughnut: the safe…
What century are you in? Take the Econ 101 quiz…
So, how’s the state of your Econ 101? I’m talking about those fundamental economic assumptions you took on board way back when, which are probably so comfortably settled in that you don’t notice them much any…
Will these Sustainable Development Goals get us into the Doughnut?
The UN has just published a proposed set of Sustainable Development Goals – to guide humanity’s social and ecological journey through to 2030. So will these SDGs steer us into the doughnut? Check out my…
What’s missing at the heart of macroeconomics?
The policymakers of the future – today’s economics students – are being sold a model of the economy that is not just long out-of-date, but downright dangerous. Why? Because it is silent on four critical…
Economic pluralism, yes – but don’t ignore the planet.
The rewrite of economics is on the move. Student groups from 30 countries (and rising) recently issued a call for a pluralist approach to teaching economics. Known as ISIPE – The International Student Initiative for…