“All the world’s a stage,” said Shakespeare. Along with a new role for Market and State, new characters such as Household, Commons, Society, and Earth are required on stage in the 21st-century economics’ play.
A Poison Tree: Toxic Outputs
In an extractive economic world driven by the growth imperative, you cannot afford to slow down. It is a balance in imbalance: Go too fast and toxic outputs will overwhelm you; too slow and others will crush you.
The Root: The Extraction Flow
What is the nature of the issues we face today? Which possibilities are open to us tomorrow? To answer these questions, we must uncover the deep historical roots of our extractive economic system.
Pathways to a Post-Capitalist World
Organized around exchange-value, not use-value, the capitalist system is over-productive and steadily worsening a multi-faceted ecological crisis. Is a post-growth, post-capitalist world conceivable?
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)