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Credit guidance: how we achieve degrowth — Jason Hickel
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Degrowth scholarship calls for reducing less-necessary production in rich countries to enable faster decarbonization and reverse other ecological pressures. But how can this be achieved? What is the mechanism? For many years ecological economists advocated setting “caps
on Sep 10
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New Preface to The Divide — Jason Hickel
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Look around and it is impossible to ignore the fact that our world is torn apart by brutal inequality. Some countries enjoy unimaginable material affluence while others suffer mass deprivation, with billions lacking basic necessities like nutritious food and clean water. The injustice star
on Aug 26
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Accelerationist possibilities in an ecosocialist degrowth scenario — Jason Hickel
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I want to make a brief intervention here to highlight an aspect of degrowth climate mitigation strategy that has so far been inadequately developed. It is widely understood that scaling down less-necessary forms of production can contribute substantially to decarbonization, in two direct a
on Dec 23
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How popular are post-growth and post-capitalist ideas? Some recent data — Jason Hickel
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Here is a list of studies, surveys and polling results that shed some light on popular perceptions of post-growth and post-capitalist ideas. I will seek to update this list periodically. 1. A survey of nearly 800 climate policy researchers around the world found that 73% support post-growth (i
on Nov 24
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A letter to Steven Pinker (and Bill Gates, for that matter) about global poverty — Jason Hickel
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Dear Steven, I’m writing to respond to a letter you posted regarding claims I made in the Guardian about the global poverty narrative. I’m addressing you directly because I think it’s preferable to back-channel debates, and because I’d like to invite you to respond to what follows.&
on Nov 10