In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to how economic theory is divorced from environmental reality, exemplified by how environmental breakdown is often dismissingly referred to as a mere “externality”. In this fascinating interview, we’re talking to self-described renegade economist Kate Raworth about a new economic vision that is be firmly grounded in social progress and embedded in the environmental limits of our planetary household.
Ada Colau was elected in 2015 as Barcelona’s first woman mayor. Under her leadership Barcelona has increased social spending to historic levels, spearheading initiatives to prevent gentrification by increasing public and social housing, created a […]
Yanis Varoufakis’s take on why Amazon and other companies in Seattle are refusing to pay a “head tax” on their employees to finance housing for the poor and the consequences of such policies. Listen here
“Where does the backlash against globalization come from? Where is it headed? And what would a better globalization look like?” Dani Rodrik [drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu] is an economist whose research covers globalization, economic growth and development, and […]
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