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Is Britain sleepwalking into a food crisis?
Is Britain sleepwalking into a food crisis? Image: Andrew Stawarz, CC BY-ND 2.0 On May 8th the government will end its consultation period on a new agricultural policy for England. Revealingly, its policy document – called ‘Health and Harmony: The future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit’– has more to say […]
Culture shift: redirecting humanity’s path to a flourishing future
Culture shift: redirecting humanity’s path to a flourishing future It’s time to build a new worldview around a deeper sense of connectedness. Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in Yunnan Province, China.. Credit: By Jialiang Gao, www.peace-on-earth.org – Original Photograph via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. What do all these ideas have in common—a tax on carbon, big investments […]
Is Sweden complicit in war crimes in Yemen?
Is Sweden complicit in war crimes in Yemen? Despite the documented crimes of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, Sweden continues to sell arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. A Yemeni man inspects the damage caused by an alleged Saudi-led air strike in Sanaa, Yemen, 04 February 2018. Picture by Hani Al-Ansi/DPA/PA Images. […]
Myth and dystopia in the Anthropocene
Myth and dystopia in the Anthropocene The sleeping ice giants of Antarctica are stirring. Will we wake up before they devour us? Calving front of the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina. Credit: Flickr/Etienne Berthier, Université de Toulouse. CC-BY-2.0. In the autumn of 1913, Karl Jung dreamt of a monstrous flood of yellow waves cascading down […]
The movement to replace neoliberalism is on the ascendency – where should it go next?
The movement to replace neoliberalism is on the ascendency – where should it go next? Ten years after the crash, the movement to replace neoliberalism is in the ascendency. Well organised campaigns cover everything from the promotion of pluralism in economic curricula to the application of new economic principles in local communities. Academics and campaigners, […]
It’s time to call the housing crisis what it really is: the largest transfer of wealth in living memory
It’s time to call the housing crisis what it really is: the largest transfer of wealth in living memory Image: Images Money, CC BY 2.0 One of the basic claims of capitalism is that people are rewarded in line with their effort and productivity. Another is that the economy is not a zero sum game. […]
The Currency of Localism
The Currency of Localism Image: Mark Simmons Two or three times a year, I drive back and forth between London and Valencia – a family responsibility that is no less pleasurable for being tiring. Whenever possible on these three-day journeys I try to spend at least one night at a remote inn I chanced upon […]
Beyond the Zombie Economy
Beyond the Zombie Economy The present day metaphor is the ‘Zombie’ economy depicting the economic system as an unthinking monster in relentless pursuit of a single objective. Part of the Anti-Austerity and Media Activism series with Goldsmiths. Flickr/S J Pinkney. Some rights reserved. Economic metaphors are important to illustrate the distinct features of specific economic systems that exist […]
Moral economy: a different way of thinking about the future
Moral economy: a different way of thinking about the future The current economic system has ‘wealth extraction’ masquerading as ‘wealth creation’ to the long-term detriment of everybody, even the super rich. New thinking is needed. Coal shovels at work in Randolph County, Illinois c. 1970. Katy McClelland/Flickr. (CC 2.0 by-nc-nd)You know something is grotesquely wrong […]
Bread, circuses and inequality – a dishonest bargain
Bread, circuses and inequality – a dishonest bargain How does consumerism undermine democracy? Flickr/dcmaster, CC BY-NC 2.0 China leads the way the Chinese people surrender democratic citizenship for the promise of individual gain through private consumptionOver the decade of the 2000s I visited China several times. At some point on each trip a Chinese acquaintance would assure me, […]
