The growing realisation
Tim Jackson has just published a new book, Post Growth – Life After Capitalism, examining our disastrous obsession with growth in a finite world and how we might escape it. …
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China’s economy grew in 2020, but only the rich are “revenge spending”
China today reported 2.3% growth in GDP last year, making it the first and probably only major country whose economy expanded in 2020. But a marked decrease in consumer spending, …
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Affluence is killing the planet, warn scientists
Would you like to be rich? Chances are your answer is: “Yes! Who wouldn’t want to be rich?” Clearly, in societies where money can buy almost everything, being rich is …
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All is revealed
Alessandra Mezzadri explains how productivity barely covers anything in fast-fashion prices. In April this year, the UK multi-channel retail brand Missguided advertised the sale of a £1 bikini. It was …
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If the economy is circular, what shape is the consumer?
Whatever it looks like on the official reports, try to remember: out there it’s muddy and messy. Policy and business may appear to be moving towards greater sustainability but what …
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