If supply and demand equilibrium were an economic “law,” the 1929 and 2008 financial crises would not have occurred. Rather than ready-made theories, economics needs the practical background provided by systems thinking.
Finish What You Started
As important as non-violent discipline, unity, and planning are, knowing when to finish what you started is key to a movement’s success. Then the patient, unglamorous work of building lasting foundations for justice can begin.
Will Technology Save Us?
“We can choose to keep shooting up the curve of exponential growth, bringing us ever closer to irreversible tipping points in ecological collapse, and hope that technology will save us. But if for some reason it doesn’t work, then we’re in trouble.” (Jason Hickel)
Dream Big, Start Small
The success of activism depends on the balance between how broad your cause might be and the small battles you can win. This chapter draws the main lessons from four world-renowned examples of such successes.
Demotic Moments
Democracy is, by nature, a work in progress, and Western history has had very few occurrences when the “demos” became a politically self-conscious actor. What do these moments teach us?