Should we be demanding reform of econ depts to better prepare young people to meet the polycrisis? I was thrilled to discuss this and more with @kateraworth.bsky.social this week for our new podcast Invisible Handcuffs: Unchaining Economics. 🧵 About the project👇 youtube.com/shorts/dm-RS...

Young people deserve to be given better tools | Kate Raworth

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Road to Serfdom or Great Transformation? Which way are we heading? Join us on Mon, 11th May 18:00 at the WU's Executive Academy Foyer for a dialogue on Hayek vs Polanyi with: Richard Cockett (Vienna: How the City of Ideas Shaped the Modern World) and Andreas Novy (President, Intl Karl Polanyi Soc)

If you want to understand why the Ministry of Defence’s ‘strategic partnership’ with Palantir is so profoundly dangerous, please read my latest piece open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Today's media apocalypse makes it a good day for everyone to watch this 1998 SNL animation that Robert Smigel and Adam McKay managed to get on national TV once, before it was yanked off the air forever. www.cracked.com/article_4100...

Vor dem EU-Autogipfel wettern industrienahe Politiker:innen gegen Klimaziele. Die Autolobby ist einflussreich, vernetzt und nicht allein. Ein Interview mit Nina Katzemich von der deutschen Watchgroup “Lobbycontrol” (@lobbycontrol.bsky.social):

Wie und wieso die Autolobby gegen Klimaziele kämpft

Vor dem EU-Autogipfel wettern Industrie-nahe Politiker:innen gegen Klimaziele. Die Autolobby ist einflussreich, vernetzt und nicht allein.

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As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently. I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵

A must-watch, 6 and a half minute primer from @katyrshields.bsky.social on how the orthodoxy of (white, male, wealthy) economic groupthink has harms all of us by propping up and reinforcing neo-liberalism: youtu.be/42oiE-VKWvg?...

How Economists Uphold Neoliberalism: Full Walkthrough

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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

So honoured to contribute to this series about Herman Daly, connecting his pioneering work to that of his contemporary, Donella Meadows. Both envisioned an economy that could meet our needs within the planet's means. It hope it inspires more people to continue their work to reclaim economics 💪.

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Economics isn't just failing; it is fundamentally misaligned with the biosphere. That was the belief of ecological economist Herman Daly. In episode 2 of the Cities 1.5 mini series on his life, we find out what a steady-state economy is and how it contradicts traditional economics. lnk.to/HDE2

'Faschismus wird f d Großkapital zu einer Option, sofern d eigene Geschäftsmodell u damit die Fähigkeit Kapital anzusammeln behindert wird u demokratisch nicht gerettet werden kann.' Hier e sehr lesenswerter Aufsatz v @nataschastrobl.bsky.social z Wechselspiel v #Neoliberalismus u #Faschismus.

F&L Blog - A Perpetuum Mobile of Cynicism - International Karl Polanyi Society

A Petrpetuum Mobile of Cynicism: on the Symbiosis of Neoliberal and Fascist Views of Humanity Natascha Strobl 28.08.2025 Economic liberalism and fascism often present themselves as opposites. Fascist ...

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With the radical progress of automation, we’re heading toward a world where workers are no longer needed — and without workers, there are no consumers. So what comes next? 3/

At least 37 Palestinians were killed on Monday in new shootings in Gaza near food distribution centres run by private US contractors guarded by Israeli troops, local authorities said.

At least 37 Palestinians killed in Gaza food site shooting, local authorities say

Death toll is highest yet reported in near-daily shootings since US-backed group began aid operations in territory

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In the lead-up to Bonn climate talks, developed countries focus on mobilising private capital rather than provisioning public finance which developing countries have sought www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...

Baku to Belem roadmap: Countries diverge on how to mobilise $1.3 trillion climate finance

COP29 witnessed a disappointing outcome on climate finance provisions for developing nations — the New Collective Quantifed Goal (NCQG), wherein developed natio

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Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds

A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

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Speak out - name it as genocide - and then act. End all arms sales, impose a wide range of sanctions and call for the arrest and trial of all those guilty of war crimes, including prime minister Netanyahu.

Carla Denyer@carladenyer.bsky.social · last yr.

Absolutely horrifying. Palestinians gunned down while trying to access food. Leaders across the world have a duty to speak out against these continuing atrocities. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Many of our billionaires are richer than any pharaoh or king in the history of the world, while a family lifestyle that could be comfortably supported by a single income in 1980 takes two people working full-time to maintain today. https://trib.al/X9l4PzM

The Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat

How a sick obsession is killing workers, democracy, and our planet.

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#C4News find the girl escaping the fire in the burning classroom after an Israeli strike "I walked through the fire all by myself" "The rubble fell on them (her siblings)" "I want to see my sisters, to be with them, but they're dead" "I want to be with them"

Generations, since the 1950s, have been indoctrinated in hyper individualistic competitive economics, to the extent that we have lost faith and capacity in collective organising. We have to learn again what humans are really good at: coming together to discuss, decide and act. 17/

In a week Trump is being called a #degrowther for all the wrong reasons @vegardbeyer.bsky.social and I are celebrating the 2nd anniversary of our podcast series about the true story of #LimitstoGrowth which has now reached 100,000+ listeners! So much has happened in 2 yrs with more to come! A 🧵

I thought the whole point of degrowth was it couldn't be co-opted? 🤷‍♀️

Washington Post Opinions@postopinions.bsky.social · last yr.

Something extraordinary has happened to the Republican Party, though it hasn’t quite been named, @shadihamid.bsky.social writes. "A world turned upside down calls for unexpected framings. So here’s mine: Republicans have become America’s 'de-growth' party." wapo.st/4ddTGz1

Today's front page 📰 'Echoes of Enoch Powell': Keir Starmer panned over immigration speech

This is why we made tippingpoint-podcast.com and why my follow-up is on the capture of economics. Social Cost of Carbon is pseudoscience. As Dana Meadows told Nordhaus, it should never have passed peer review, let alone be used in policymaking. Orthodox economics has cost us the climate.

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The true story of "The Limits to Growth": the backlash, its legacy.

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Knut Einar Rosendahl @rosendahlke.bsky.social · last yr.

Trump sets the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) to Zero SCC under Obama: 42 USD/tCO2 SCC under Trump 1: 5 USD/tCO2 SCC under Biden: 190 USD/tCO2 What does science tell us? Numbers of SCC vary, but Obama's and Biden's SCC were at least derived based on science www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/c...

This story requires a great deal more attention. The Trump administration is doing everything it can to get Russian gas back into Europe. This is Washington and Moscow now in full strategic alignment via a shared vision of a fossil fuel future.

Exclusive: US, Russia explore ways to restore Russian gas flows to Europe, sources say

With a frost covering Europe's energy relations with Russia, officials from Washington and Moscow have held discussions about the U.S. helping to revive Russian gas sales to the continent, eight sources familiar with the talks have told Reuters.

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The effect of Israel’s total siege on Gaza has become catastrophic, doctors say. Shortages of food, water and medicine are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths. nyti.ms/3GzOJV1

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot

The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

Congrats to @theguardian.com for co-launching the #89PercentProject - reminding us yet again that vast majority of world’s people want climate action. The climate denial of the populist right is the minority. The media needs to reflect this & governments urgently need to show far greater leadership

Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say

Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed

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