After finding something small but popular to rally around, the cause needs a vision of tomorrow that speaks to people’s needs. This transition was notably illustrated in the Maldives when the local dictator was ousted in 2008.
Be Agnostic about Growth
Despite the obvious absurdity of taxing our finite planet to infinity, growth remains the exclusive economic goal most officials in power cling to. What can explain their sobering lack of vision?
Rise of the Juggernaut
“GDP growth is, ultimately, an indicator of the welfare of capitalism. That we have all come to see it as a proxy for the welfare of humans represents an extraordinary ideological coup.” (Jason Hickel)
Beginnings of the Imaginary of a Permanent Global War
Since World War II, the U.S. made itself the legitimate guardian of freedom in the world. To Sheldon Wolin, this is the clear mark of a drift from an open “constitutional imaginary” to a dictatorial “power imaginary.”
Change the Goal
Conventional economics has no goal except one by default: indefinite growth. In nature, this is the principle of cancer. To get back to health, it is time to give the economy a more meaningful purpose.