List: economics | Curated by Gudrun Cartwright

Feb 4, 2025

30 stories

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Peak SteelGlobal steel production has peaked in 2021 and it’s stagnating ever since. Is this just another minor hiccup or an ominous sign of a much…
Feb 2
14
Feb 2
14
Eric Lee
The Worst News EverAnd I’m not typing clickbait, here
Jan 25
18
Jan 25
18
Eric Lee
Modern Slavery Of/By/For Modern HumansA recent (Jan 2/25) Phys.org opinion piece: Modern slavery is endemic in global supply chains. Companies should be praised, not shamed, for…
Jan 27
1
Jan 27
1
Eric Lee
Energy SlavesHow many serve you?
Apr 4, 2024
2
Apr 4, 2024
2
Eric Lee
Modern Human Extinction Is the Condition That Will Come AnywaySo seek it out now
Mar 23, 2024
6
Mar 23, 2024
6
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Coping With Capitalism
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Russell Salsbury
Why Capitalism is Dead and Its Heir is Neo-feudalismThe new barons are corporate psychopaths who care not a whit about fairness or social justice
Apr 17, 2024
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Apr 17, 2024
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The Energy Transition Story Has Become Self-DefeatingWe need another kind of transformation more than ever
Jun 3, 2024
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Jun 3, 2024
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Goodbye 2023, Goodbye Old WorldThe year when western industrial civilization slipped
Dec 25, 2023
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Dec 25, 2023
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What Happens When the Economy Can No Longer Grow?What is the goal of the economy? Growth? Full employment? Equity? Price stability? Security? Or, perhaps, to make the top 1% super rich at…
Dec 18, 2023
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Dec 18, 2023
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Elisabeth Robson
Why are we not talking about Ecological Overshoot?Bill Rees spent a good part of his career developing a tool called the ecological footprint analysis — a measurement of our collective…
Dec 14, 2023
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Dec 14, 2023
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Glen Hendrix
This End Game Isn’t Going to Be Pretty and It Is Not That Far AwayOne thing leads to another and before you know it ….
Dec 13, 2023
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Dec 13, 2023
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OnionCollective
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Jessica Prendergrast
Attachment Economics: everyday pioneers for the next economyAs we emerge tentatively from lockdown, feeling variously anxious and unsettled but sometimes hopeful, serious questions must be asked…
Jun 17, 2021
Jun 17, 2021
Alan Urban
Why Civilization Would Collapse Even Without Climate ChangeEven if climate change weren’t a problem, civilization would still collapse within a few decades. Here’s why.
Oct 20, 2023
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Oct 20, 2023
27
Jim Johnson
To Change Politics, Talk About PowerBritish philosopher Bertrand Russell: ‘The fundamental concept in the social sciences is power, in the same sense in which energy is the…
Oct 5, 2023
Oct 5, 2023
Anna Mercury
The Fundamental Flaw in EconomicsHow ‘Homo economicus’ forgot what species he really is
Sep 11, 2023
37
Sep 11, 2023
37
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Age of Awareness
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Gwyneth Jones
We need to stop pathologising “wanting to save the world”It’s usually a well-meaning attempt to avoid burnout or delusions of grandeur, but hyperindividualism has also framed our need to help as a…
Jul 21, 2023
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Jul 21, 2023
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Michael L Fox
The Climate Change HeresyYou don’t need a science degree to see it. Just a little time and imagination. And maybe a child or two that you might worry about.
Aug 16, 2023
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Aug 16, 2023
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Michael L Fox
Climate/Collapse CalamityMaybe there is something we can actually do.
Jul 15, 2023
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Jul 15, 2023
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A Mirage of Abundance“Truth is like poetry.
And most people fucking hate poetry.”
Aug 7, 2023
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Aug 7, 2023
20
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Surviving Tomorrow
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Jared A. Brock
Henry Ford: If People Understood the Banking System, There’d Be a Revolution By TomorrowThis Week in Money July 30 — August 5
Jul 29, 2023
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Jul 29, 2023
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economics

Peak Steel

Global steel production has peaked in 2021 and it’s stagnating ever since. Is this just another minor hiccup or an ominous sign of a much…

The Worst News Ever

And I’m not typing clickbait, here

Modern Slavery Of/By/For Modern Humans

A recent (Jan 2/25) Phys.org opinion piece: Modern slavery is endemic in global supply chains. Companies should be praised, not shamed, for…

Energy Slaves

How many serve you?

Modern Human Extinction Is the Condition That Will Come Anyway

So seek it out now

Why Capitalism is Dead and Its Heir is Neo-feudalism

The new barons are corporate psychopaths who care not a whit about fairness or social justice

The Energy Transition Story Has Become Self-Defeating

We need another kind of transformation more than ever

Goodbye 2023, Goodbye Old World

The year when western industrial civilization slipped

What Happens When the Economy Can No Longer Grow?

What is the goal of the economy? Growth? Full employment? Equity? Price stability? Security? Or, perhaps, to make the top 1% super rich at…

Why are we not talking about Ecological Overshoot?

Bill Rees spent a good part of his career developing a tool called the ecological footprint analysis — a measurement of our collective…

This End Game Isn’t Going to Be Pretty and It Is Not That Far Away

One thing leads to another and before you know it ….

Attachment Economics: everyday pioneers for the next economy

As we emerge tentatively from lockdown, feeling variously anxious and unsettled but sometimes hopeful, serious questions must be asked…

Why Civilization Would Collapse Even Without Climate Change

Even if climate change weren’t a problem, civilization would still collapse within a few decades. Here’s why.

To Change Politics, Talk About Power

British philosopher Bertrand Russell: ‘The fundamental concept in the social sciences is power, in the same sense in which energy is the…

The Fundamental Flaw in Economics

How ‘Homo economicus’ forgot what species he really is

We need to stop pathologising “wanting to save the world”

It’s usually a well-meaning attempt to avoid burnout or delusions of grandeur, but hyperindividualism has also framed our need to help as a…

The Climate Change Heresy

You don’t need a science degree to see it. Just a little time and imagination. And maybe a child or two that you might worry about.

Climate/Collapse Calamity

Maybe there is something we can actually do.

A Mirage of Abundance

“Truth is like poetry. And most people fucking hate poetry.”

Henry Ford: If People Understood the Banking System, There’d Be a Revolution By Tomorrow

This Week in Money July 30 — August 5

Gudrun Cartwright