
More is less
Mainstream politics has long proved resistant to the arguments of those who question the pursuit of unending economic growth. Richard McNeill Douglas suggests a treatment. It is fifty years since …
More is less Read MoreFrom Promoting Economic Pluralism
Mainstream politics has long proved resistant to the arguments of those who question the pursuit of unending economic growth. Richard McNeill Douglas suggests a treatment. It is fifty years since …
More is less Read MoreFrom the publisher: A handbook for rebooting the world with a new economic narrative that combines ecological, philosophical and entrepreneurial wisdom. What if we could all become rich in Life …
Beautiful Economics Read MoreTim 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. …
The growing realisation Read MoreFrom the publisher: A balance sheet for the planet: How we can achieve healthy growth—more regenerative than wasteful, instilling equity rather than exacerbating inequalities. In Tomorrow’s Economy, Per Espen Stoknes reframes …
Tomorrow’s Economy Read MoreFrom the publisher: It’s hard to avoid innovation these days. Nearly every product gets marketed as being disruptive, whether it’s genuinely a new invention or just a new toothbrush. But …
The Innovation Delusion Read MoreThinking out of the box: currently, retail is largely about mass, transactional relationships. Can business ever be good? Henry Leveson-Gower explores. A year ago I was on the hunt for examples …
Selling the circular Read MoreFrom the publisher: Beginning with the rise of the growth paradigm in the 1940s and 1950s and continuing through the present day, The Mismeasure of Progress is the first book on the …
The Mismeasure of Progress Read MoreFrom the publisher: The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, …
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World Read MoreFrom the publisher: The end of our high-growth world was underway well before COVID-19 arrived. In this powerful and timely argument, Danny Dorling demonstrates the benefits of a larger, ongoing …
Slowdown The End of the Great Acceleration—and Why It’s Good for the Planet, the Economy, and Our Lives Read MoreThe disintegration of growth is irreversible. Roxana Bobulescu explains. I was born in Romania in 1972 when the country was a socialist republic. It was the year of the Meadows …
The point of no return Read More