Monthly Archives: February 2020

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Capital and Ideology is an even more ambitious book than Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Where the latter focused on inequality trends in western capitalism over the past 200 years, the new book offers a history of almost everything. The … Continue reading →

This 15 minute video will bring tears of hope to your eyes. An earlier upload used the wrong URL for this Guardian video. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=W_owNfcUrkY&feature=emb_logo&quot;

What if Jeff Bezos funded Degrowth.info? There’s lots of talk recently about the wealth of Jeff Bezos. There are maps comparing his wealth to entire countries, a “You are Jeff Bezos” game where you can spend his money on different … Continue reading →

Few thinkers are more deserving of criticism than Milton Friedman. Not only was he the late 20th century’s leading proponent of unfettered capitalism, he served as one of the intellectual fathers of the neoliberal ideology that has been so dominant … Continue reading →

The critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/10/can-we-have-prosperity-without-growth