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Productivity - the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy - is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist... →
It is the accuracy and detail inherent in crafted goods that endows them with lasting value. It is the time and attention paid by the carpenter, the... →
We spend money we don't have, on things we don't need, to make impressions that don't matter.
In short, avoiding the scourge of unemployment may have less to do with chasing after growth and more to do with building an economy of care, craft... →
Our own relentless search for novelty and social status locks us into an iron cage of consumerism. Affluence has itself betrayed us.
The care and concern of one human being for another is a peculiar 'commodity.' It can't be stockpiled. It becomes degraded through trade.... →
The philosophical point is that our happiness and wellbeing is not based on incomes rising. This is not just the wisdom of sages but of ordinary... →
If we are going to be able to create a new economic vision, companies will need to rethink every aspect of their operations; their bottom lines... →
Questioning growth is deemed to be the act of lunatics, idealists and revolutionaries. But question it we must.
The idea of a non-growing economy may be an anathema to an economist. But the idea of a continually growing economy is an anathema to an ecologist.
The most staggering linguistic turnabout for me is the one that equates green economy with 'sustained economic growth.'
Big companies are reliant on institutional investors on a punishing schedule which leads to ruthless behaviour. This form of capitalism with this... →
Novelty is adaptive when things are changing and you need to adapt yourself. Tradition is essential to lay down the stability to raise families and... →
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