#torsten-bell — Public Fediverse posts

Maybe we in the #degrowth community are getting somewhere.
On @BBCRadio4 'Today' programme #TorstenBell of the #ResolutionFoundation, unprompted said something like "we need to put calls for no growth to bed". Argument was the need for public investment. He didn't elaborate but assumption was growth of whole economy is needed so the good bits can grow.
See the flaw?
A year ago there wouldn't have been a mention of degrowth thinking.
Keep plugging away folks!

HS2, Raac, potholes: the symptoms of a lack of investment are everywhere
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/01/hs2-raac-potholes-the-symptoms-of-a-lack-of-investment-are-everywhere?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#TorstenBell

It’s a lie promoted by the right that state help saps people of their drive
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/24/lie-promoted-by-the-right-that-state-help-saps-people-of-their-drive?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#StateHelp
#TorstenBell

Populists are bad for our economic health, yet they’re still a hard habit to break
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/17/populist-leaders-bad-for-economy-but-hard-habit-to-break?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#Populism
#TorstenBell

Are richer people really more rightwing?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/06/are-richer-people-more-rightwing-social-mobility?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#TorstenBell

We’ve caught the distraction disease – we do anything to avoid the problems we face
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/23/distraction-disease-we-do-anything-to-avoid-problems-we-face?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#TorstenBell

Europe is surging rightwards. But, as Britain has shown, the populist tide will start to ebb
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/16/europe-surging-rightwards-but-populist-tide-start-to-ebb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#TorstenBell

Moral decline is an illusion – we’re no more badly behaved than our ancestors
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/25/we-are-not-in-moral-decline-we-have-always-behaved-badly?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#TorstenBell

It’s a struggle to leave behind the wealth or poverty of our birthplace
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/11/the-economics-of-our-birth-shapes-everything?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#TorstenBell

The UK’s world beating minimum wage is not as good as it appears
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/28/britain-world-beating-minimum-wage-is-not-as-good-as-it-appears?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#TorstenBell