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Report • 2013

Wachstumsverzicht oder moderates Wachstum?

Zum Disput zwischen Ökonomen und Nichtökonomen. Reihe «Analysen». Von Ulrich Busch. Kritik an Degrowth Ein ökonomisches Missverständnis Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung: Angesichts knapper werdender Ressourcen und sich dramatisch zuspitzender Umweltprobleme wird über die Notwendigkeit einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung und den Übergang zu einer ressourcensparenden Produktions- und Lebensweise immer...

Misc • 2013

Das Lexikon der Wirtschaft

By: bpb

Wirtschaftliche Prozesse und Entwicklungen unterliegen einer hohen Dynamik. Stichworte wie Globalisierung, Shareholder-Value und Vernetzung zeigen, wie die internationalen ökonomischen Verflechtungen immer mehr zunehmen. Hier bietet das Lexikon der Wirtschaft einen allgemein verständlichen Zugang. Die Themenpalette umfasst das gesamte Feld der Wirtschaft in zwölf Kapiteln: Grundlagen,...

Misc • 2013

Economix - Wie unsere Wirtschaft funktioniert (oder auch nicht)

By: Michael Goodwyn

Das Wirtschaftsbuch fur Einsteiger. Alle sprechen von Ökonomie, aber was versteckt sich hinter all den hochtrabenden Worten und Theorien? Was mussen wir wissen, um verstehen und mitreden zu können? Diesen Fragen hat sich Michael Goodwin gestellt, und er gibt Antworten. In Economix fasst er die Geschichte der Ökonomie verständlich zusammen und uberpruft die Realität sowie das Funktionieren oder...

Position paper • 2013

Wohlstand – wie anders?

By: Kai Kuhnhenn, Christopher Laumanns, Daniela Gottschlich, Sabine Leidig, Norbert Reuter, Jutta Kill, Hans Thie, Judith Dellheim, Kristina Dietz, Ulla Lötzer, Michael Popp, Steffen Kühne, Michael Brie, Jana Flemming, Georg Katzer, Rolf Kuhn, Jan-Philipp Vatthauer

Linke Perspektiven. Bewertung der Enquete-Kommission «Wachstum, Wohlstand, Lebensqualität». Manuskripte Neue Folge 5 von Ulrich Brand, Katharina Pühl und Stefan Thimmel (Hrsg.). Die Enquete-Kommission «Wachstum, Wohlstand, Lebensqualität – Wege zu nachhaltigem Wirtschaften und gesellschaftlichem Fortschritt in der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft » des Deutschen Bundestags hat im April 2013 nach gut...

Educational paper • 2013

Ist die ganze Welt bald pleite? - Staatsverschuldung: Was sie ist und wie sie funktioniert

By: Stephan Kaufmann, Ingo Stützle

Bildungsbroschüre der Reihe «luxemburg argumente» - 5. überarbeitete und aktualisierte Fassung von Dezember 2013. In den 1990er Jahren war es die «Globalisierung», heute gilt die «Staatsverschuldung» als das zentrale Problem der Weltwirtschaft. Der Grund: Erstmals seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg sind es nicht die sogenannten Entwicklungsländer, die eine Schuldenkrise erleben, sondern die...

Misc • 2013

Giorgos Kallis discusses "The Economics Of Degrowth" with students at MIT

By: Giorgos Kallis

Students at MIT ask questions about Degrowth to Giorgos Kallis.

Misc • 2013

Entropia: Life Beyond Industrial Civilisation

By: Samuel Alexander

When industrial civilisation collapsed in the third decade of the 21st century, a community living on a small island in the South Pacific Ocean found itself permanently isolated from the rest of the world. With no option but to build a self-sufficient economy with very limited energy supplies, this community set about creating a simpler way of life that could flourish into the deep future....

Misc • 2012

The Wealth of the Commons

By: Silke Helfrich, David Bollier (Ed.)

Collection of 73 essays that describe the potential of the commons in conceptualizing and building a better future.

Scientific paper • 2012

Growth, degrowth and climate change: A scenario analysis.

By: Peter A. Victor

Economic growth, Climate change, No growth, Degrowth, Scenarios

Scientific paper • 2012

Measuring progress in the degrowth transition to a steady state economy

By: Daniel W. O'Neill

Indicators, Degrowth, Steady state economy, Conceptual framework

Scientific paper • 2012

Degrowth and the supply of money in an energy-scarce world

By: Richard Douthwaite

Energy; Money supply; Debt; Regional currencies; Climate change

Scientific paper • 2012

Democracies with a future: Degrowth and the democratic tradition

By: Marco Deriu

Abstract: The interrogation of a possible connection between degrowth and democracy inspires some questions of political epistemology. Is degrowth a socio-economic project which can be simply proposed as an “issue” and a “goal” in the democratic representative system, without discussing forms and processes of the political institutions themselves? Is the degrowth perspective fully compatible...

Scientific paper • 2012

Pillars for a flourishing Earth: planetary boundaries, economic growth delusion and green economy

By: Joan Martinez-Alier, Nicolas Kosoy, Peter G Brown, Klaus Bosselmann, Anantha Duraiappah, Brendan Mackey, Deborah Rogers, Robert Thomson

Abstract: In the hue and cry about the ‘green economy’ leading up to Rio + 20 a number of simple points have been neglected. First, the purposes of the economy have been too narrowly conceived. Second, the role of demand management is vastly underplayed. Third, the assumptions about the nature of reality are inconsistent with contemporary science. Fourth, it is mired in a complex discourse...

Scientific paper • 2012

Degrowth: Tools for a Complex Analysis of the Multidimensional Crisis

By: Mauro Bonaiuti

From the paper: This article intends first of all to offer a contribution to the analysis of the current multidimensional crisis and to help construct this shared view; at the same time, it reveals why orthodox economic prescriptions, of both neoclassical and Keynsian inspiration, cannot lead to a lasting solution to the crisis. Special Issue: Degrowth Symposium Capitalism Nature Socialism,...

Report • 2012

The Path to Degrowth in Overdeveloped Countries

By: Erik Assadourian

Introductory text to degrowth, starting of with reporting from the 2nd international Degrowth Conference which took place in 2010. It includes basic growth critique as well as degrowth proposals. Topics are “The Curse of Overdevelopment”, “Reducing Overall Consumption by Overconsumers”, “Distributing Tax Burdens More Equitably”, “Sharing Work Hours Better”, “Cultivating a Plenitude Economy”,...

Misc • 2012

Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein - A Short Film

By: Ian MacKenzie, Charles Eisenstein

Licensed Creative Commons, Attribution, Non-Commercial. Note: Subtitles are also available in other languages. Short Video in which the author Charles Eisenstein explains his concept of 'Sacred Economics'. Topics in the video are: Money, what it is, what it does and where it comes from, alienation and community, gift economy, some growth critique and more. About the Book "Sacred Economics",...

Scientific paper • 2012

Wachstumszwang in der Geldwirtschaft? Theoretische Erwägungen

By: Christoph Freydorf, Oliver Richters, Ferdin, Wenzlaff, Christian Kimmich, Thomas Koudela, Ludwig Schuster

Abstract: Der Zusammenhang von Wachstums- und Zinsrate wird in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften ausführlich behandelt. Dabei besteht Konsens, dass sinkende Wachstumsraten aus sozio-ökonomischen Gründen unerwünscht sind. Gleichzeitig deuten jedoch immer mehr Forschungsergebnisse darauf hin, dass Wachstum nicht zuletzt aus ökologischen Gründen an Grenzen stößt und mit ...

Report • 2012

Where Does Money Come From?

By: Tony Greenham, Josh Ryan-Collins, Richard Werner, Andrew Jackson

Key findings, according to the NEF: > There is widespread misunderstanding of how new money is created: even among bankers, economists, and policymakers > Physical cash accounts for less than 3 per cent of the total stock of money in the economy > The absence of this understanding makes attempts at banking reform more likely to fail Below you find the introduction of the publication.

Art contribution • 2012

Economix

By: Michael Goodwin, Dan E. Burr

Subtitle: How your economy does work (and doesn't work) in words and pictures What is Economix? economixcomix.com: Economix is a graphic novel by Michael Goodwin, illustrated by Dan E. Burr, that explains the economy. More than a cartoon version of a textbook, Economix gives the whole story of the economy, from the rise of capitalism to Occupy Wall Street. Economix is published by Abrams Comic...

Scientific paper • 2012

Is Socially - Just Degrowth Compatible with Capitalism?

By: Karen Bell

Abstract: The degrowth movement challenges the paradigm of economic growth, and promotes a dual agenda of ecological sustainability and social justice. However, critics argue that, within a capitalist system, degrowth will ultimately undermine social justice by increasing poverty and inequality, as businesses collapse and jobs are lost. The recent economic recession in the wealthier...