High interest rates and soaring building costs have drastically reduced the demand for new buildings in Europe. So far, ongoing projects and a heightened focus on sustainability have prevented construction volumes from shrinking, but we’re expecting to see a steep decline begin to emerge in 2024
Climate Crisis
Bill Mitchell: Deep Adaptation
I have been considering the concept of – Deep Adaptation – which emerged from the work of British academic Jem Bendell in 2018. Read Here
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Public infrastructure investment must privilege public well-being over profit
The whole machinery of public procurement that has emerged in this neoliberal era needs to be abandoned and replaced with decision-making processes and rules that privilege the advancement of public well-being over profit. Read here
Austerity
Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay: Carbon Budget versus Fiscal Budget
Mark Blyth: “The continuing idiocy of the EU’s fiscal rules in an era of underinvestment and climate change. Madness on stilts”. Read HERE
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