Austerity
Jason Hickel: “It’s either degrowth for the rich or climate disaster”
To prevent climate breakdown rich countries need to consume less. Listen Here
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Economics
Citations Needed: Jason Hickel – The Neoliberal Optimism Industry
We’re told the world is getting better all the time. In January, The New York Times’ Nick Kristof explained “Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History.” The same month, Harvard professor and Bill […]
Climate Crisis
Jason Hickel – Degrowth Is About Global Justice
Campaigners for degrowth have thrown into question the dogma that holds that a growing economy is always a sign of progress. Jason Hickel is an academic at the University of London and a Fellow of […]
Climate Crisis
Politics Theory Other – Jason Hickel on how degrowth will save the world (part two)
Jason Hickel returns to PTO for the second part of a two part interview on his book, Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World. We talked about the concept of ‘green growth’, and […]
Austerity
Jason Hickel – The Age of Imperialism is Not Over—But We Can End It
Capitalist accumulation has always depended on cheap labor and resources extracted from the Global South. To end this violence we need a post-capitalist transition—otherwise, as climate breakdown accelerates, the ceaseless search for profit will drive […]
Climate Crisis
Politics Theory Other – Jason Hickel on how degrowth will save the world
Jason Hickel joins PTO to talk about his book, Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World. In part one of the interview we discussed the comprehensive and all-encompassing character of the ecological crisis […]
Climate Crisis
Jason Hickel: What Would It Look Like If We Treated Climate Change as an Actual Emergency?
If we accept the facts of climate change, we also have to accept the radical changes necessary to address it. Read here (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Climate Crisis
Jason Hickel: How to achieve full decolonization
Southern governments are captive to the demands of international capital, which prevents them from meeting their people’s real needs. MMT offers a way out Read here
Climate Crisis
Jason Hickel: What does degrowth mean? A few points of clarification
Here I set out to clarify three specific issues: (1) I specify what degrowth means, and argue that the framing of degrowth is an asset, not a liability; (2) I explain how degrowth differs fundamentally […]
Climate Crisis
The Taxcast/Jason Hickel – Degrowth: liberation from ‘growthism’
In this episode, Naomi Fowler explores degrowth and how we liberate ourselves from ‘growthism’ with economic anthropologist Jason Hickel. (The full converation will be released soon as a Taxcast Extra, the full conversation is too good to miss!) […]