Monthly Archives: October 2020

Whose Green recovery: Why poorer countries must not be left behind by richer countries’ recovery plans

A new report from UK development charity Christian Aid warns that post-Covid stimulus packages are in danger of widening global inequality and pushing poorer countries to turn to fossil fuels which would threaten the success of the UK’s COP26 climate … Continue reading

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Some issues in agrarian and ecological economics, in memory of Georgescu-Roegen

Juan Marinez-alier, Autonomous University of Barcelona Ecological Economics 22 (1997) 225–238 Ecological critics of economics have argued for over one hundred years that economists should study the flow of energy and materials in the economy. The services nature offers to … Continue reading

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Ecosocialism and/or Degrowth?

An excellent article showing a way forward, recognizing that it is a complex process with many capitalist obstacles. Bob Should the ecological left aim to reduce all consumption, or to radically transform the prevalent type of consumption? Posted on October … Continue reading

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