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Post-capitalism by design not disaster: A Grassroots Theory of Change (Part V of Eco Civilisation)

April 8, 2022 by Samuel Alexander

Capitalism has various growth imperatives that are inconsistent with environmental limits. That is, capitalism must grow for stability but cannot grow limitlessly on a finite planet. It follows that the future will be post-capitalist – by design or disaster.

The School of Economics as a Suicide Academy?

November 5, 2019 by Brian Davey

In 1972 economists became embroiled in a controversy with a group of systems scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and declared themselves the winners. It became the conventional wisdom that the economists won the argument. This complacent judgement now turns out to be premature.