#growthdependency — Public Fediverse posts

An unregulated post-growth transition in the North can cause crises in the South: debt, inflation, unemployment. That’s the finding of a new paper by CUSP researchers Dario Leoni, Andrew Jackson and @ProfTimJackson. Their analysis from the PADME model reveal that financial transfers and global cooperation are essential to make it work internationally—ecological space isn’t enough.
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https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/paper-dl-postgrowth-north-south-divide/

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#Postgrowth #Degrowth #SystemDynamics #GlobalInequality #GrowthDependency

Confronting the Dilemma of Growth—New commentary by @ProfTimJackson, #JasonHickel and #GiorgosKallis responding to misconceptions in #EcologicalEconomics. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/tj-commentary-limits-to-degrowth/

cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #BeyondGrowth #LimitsToGrowth #GrowthDependency #Decoupling

"The climate and cost of living crises make belief in expanding GDPs look as stale as last year’s mince pies."—The Observer, 2 Dec 2023 → https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/02/are-young-people-poised-to-slam-the-brake-on-endless-economic-growth

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@ProfTimJackson cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #BeyondGrowth #Decroissance #Decrecimiento #Omgroei #GrowthDependency #WellbeingEconomy #LifeAfterCapitalism #ProsperityWithoutGrowth

From #TriodosBank’s Economic Outlook 2024: “At the heart of [the] issue is a dependency on growth, which Triodos Bank believes needs to be reconsidered. This presents substantial implications for investors, but more crucially, for the future of humanity.” 💯 → https://www.triodos.com/en/press-releases/2023/triodos-bank-economic-outlook-2024-towards-a-post-growth-economy

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cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #BeyondGrowth #Omgroei #PostWachstum #GrowthDependency #Decroissance #Decrecimiento #SustainableFinance

Embracing the Uncomfortable—Following the 9th International #Degrowth Conference in Zagreb, Patrick Elf, Simon Mair, and James Scott Vandeventer reflect on the challenges for the #degrowthmovement to engage with business and management to advance to the next level. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/blog-pe-mend-degrowth2023
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#DegrowthConference2023 #Decroissance #Decrecimiento #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #PostGrowth #Postwachstum #PostCroissance #PostCrecimiento #GrowthDependency #DoughnutEconomics #CircularEconomy #MENDcollective

Report by Christine Corlet Walker and Tim Jackson on Tackling #GrowthDependency — the case of adult #SocialCare, #PostGrowth #sustainability @cusp_uk https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/appg/wp28/#1475182667098-0328ae0f-4bcb3691-b07686d5-d83f5228-43866438-d68fddc5-f007

"#Degrowth starts to move in from Europe’s policy fringes—Unorthodox economic ideas are finding a mainstream audience as #ClimateChange bites." Financial Times on the EU #BeyondGrowth conference. → https://www.ft.com/content/e2f96618-081f-41de-b7a0-a682017c8d11

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cc #PostGrowth #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #SustainableWelfare #WellbeingEconomy #GrowthDependency #BeyondGDP

Pathways towards #SustainableProsperity in the EU—Second #PostGrowth Conference at the European Parliament, Bruxelles 🗓️15-17 May 2023 → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/beyondgrowth2023/

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cc @ProfTimJackson #BeyondGrowth2023 #BeyondGDP #WellbeingEconomy #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #Degrowth #SustainableWelfare #GrowthDependency #GrowthIndependence

"Shouldn’t there be some return to #society from the creation of #wealth? Given that a lot of the wealth is actually built on public money?"—@ProfTimJackson on BBC World Service Weekend last Sunday with Paul Henley, Lijia Zhang, and Phil White. ⁠
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Listen to the programme via → ▶️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172ykwvlqxtc7n
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#TaxTheRich #Davos #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #PostGrowth #Postwachstum #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #RethinkingEconomics #NewEconomics #GrowthDependency #SustainableWelfare

Degrowth can work—Here's how science can help | New #Nature comments piece by Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis, @ProfTimJackson, Dan O’Neill, Juliet Schor, @jks, Peter Victor and Diana Ürge-Vorsatz →
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04412-x

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cc #postgrowth #degrowth #ecologicaleconomics #prosperitywithoutgrowth #wellbeingeconomy #doughnuteconomics #GrowthDependency #SustainableWelfare

Politicians’ growth fetish is the problem—and Sunak is headed for the same budget trap as Truss | New @TheGuardian Op-ed by @ProfTimJackson → https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/16/politicians-growth-fetish-sunak-budget-climate

"To all intents and purposes, we’re already living in a post-growth world. And it’s time to take that challenge seriously."

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#AutumnBudget #RishiSunak #JeremyHunt #UKtreasury #PostGrowth #Degrowth #SecularStagnation #Recession #WellbeingEconomy #GrowthDependency #BeyondGDP #EconTwitter

Mainstream #politics has long proved resistant to the arguments of those who question the pursuit of unending #EconomicGrowth. How do you break through this powerful denialism? Here are some reflections on the potential of #GrowthDependency as a framing that can be (and has been) used to drive political interest in #PostGrowth and #Degrowth ideas by connecting them to immediate political priorities. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/blog-rd-postgrowth-mindset
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#WellbeingEconomy #PostWachstum #PostCroissance #Postcrecimiento

The #PostGrowth challenge is here to stay. "Our attempts to prop up an ailing #capitalism have increased #inequality, hindered #innovation and undermined stability".—@ProfTimJackson.
It's high-time to tackle the #GrowthDependency. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/briefing-paper-no1/

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#degrowth #postwachstum #econtwitter #GDP #BIP #ClimateChange

Embracing the Unthinkable—In 2018, the UK's Ministry of Defence commissioned work on #SecularStagnation for the Strategic Trends review. Here's a blog by Alan Simpson—recovering politician by his own account—sharing some reflections about the research, and subsequent briefing paper for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on #LimitsToGrowth. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/blog_as_embracing-the-unthinkable/ @ProfTimJackson
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cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #GrowthDependency #WellbeingEconomy #ClimateChange #EconTwitter #GDP #Austerity

@oldreadingroom So reassuring to hear that! Some of our researchers have just recently looked into the #financialisation of the #health #care sector (eg https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/wp35/), giving quite a bleak outlook in this regard. System change is so desperately needed!

cc #postgrowth #growthdependency #socialcare #healthcare #finance

Economic Growth—can we ever have enough? | BBC Radio 4 Analysis with @ProfTimJackson, Jayati Ghosh, Danny Dorling, Benjamin Friedman, Motohiro Sato and Diane Coyle.⁠ Listen via → https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dwv0
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#BBCRadio4 cc #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #PostGrowth #Postwachstum #PostCroissance #PostCrecimiento #LifeAfterCapitalism #Degrowth #Decroissance #Decrecimiento #BeyondGDP #BeyondGrowth #GrowthDependency #WellbeingEconomy #Economics #SecularStagnation