Monthly Archives: November 2016

Consumer society as a system of social organization appears to be in jeopardy on a number of fronts. First, populations across North America, Europe and most of Asia are ageing, and demographic change is shifting preferences away from lifestyles premised … Continue reading →

By Sam Bliss In [some] ways degrowth is too positive for the United States. Bear with me. Barbara Muraca, an Italian environmental philosopher who arrived at Oregon State University two years ago, says that ecological intellectuals in the U.S. urge … Continue reading →

Another thoughtful look at the future CUZCO, Peru, Nov 2016 (IPS) – From the city of Cuzco, where the Inca culture was subjugated by the Spanish conqueror, I am watching how the world inexorably leads to a different measure of … Continue reading →

Most things don’t grow forever. If a person grew at the same rate for his [her] whole life, [s]he’d become gigantic and perhaps perish (or else rule the world). Yet most economists are united around the idea that the economy … Continue reading →

We stand on the threshold of a much larger discussion about new socio-economic frameworks for meeting needs and new political systems for governing ourselves.  I see great promise in commons providing new modes of democratic governance and self-organization – at … Continue reading →

Accel­er­a­tion­ism pushes towards a future that is more mod­ern, an altern­at­ive mod­ern­ity that neo­lib­er­al­ism is inher­ently unable to gen­er­ate. http://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/05/14/accelerate-manifesto-for-an-accelerationist-politics/

Abstract: “De-[Constructing] Growth” is offered as a more nuanced conceptualization that avoids the negative connotations of, and resistance to, “degrowth” by decoupling profit from unsustainable consumption, production, and inequality. Keywords: degrowth; sustainable consumption; sustainable production; inequality; sustainability; employment http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/11/1140/htm

Let us now address the greatest American mystery at the moment: what motivates the supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump? …. We cannot bring ourselves to look the thing in the eyes. We cannot admit that we liberals bear … Continue reading →

When it comes to global warming, we know that the real problem is not just fossil fuels – it is the logic of endless growth that is built into our economic system. If we don’t keep the global economy growing … Continue reading →

“More than 200 years since the Industrial Revolution, global urbanisation keeps accelerating. United Nations projections indicate that 75% of the human population will be living in cities by 2050. Newly created cities and the urbanisation process in rural areas replicates … Continue reading →