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Scientific paper • 2012

The Growth Paradigm: A critique

Discusses the “Origins of the growth paradigm” by going into history, starting in medieval times going over to industrialisation, including the “invention of scarcity” and the “change from a world of custom and common land to one based on absolute private property”, “a redefinition of human needs and desire” and economic theory. Further “the criticisms of political economy for its neglect of...

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",...

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...

Interview • 2012

Vincent Liegey: Degrowth, Decolonising our imaginary…

By: Vincent Liegey

Vincent Liegey about Degrowth, about the need to decolonise our imaginary and concrete steps towards a socio ecological transformation. Quote from the interview:" . . . If you have a hammer in your head, all the problems look like a nail. And I think one of the hammers we have nowadays in our heads is really the religion of economics. . .".

Interview • 2012

La Décroissance en vidéo

By: Vincent Liegey, Vincent Moreau

Introduction à la Décroissance avec dix interviews filmés: 1. Notre candidatE est la Décroissance. 2. La Décroissance: mais c’est quoi ce mot repoussoir? 3. Aux origines de la Décroissance. 4. La Décroissance: l’histoire d’un mouvement. 5. Quelle stratégie politique pour la Décroissance. 6. Décroissance: démondialisation, protectionnisme ou relocalisation ouverte? 7. Crise de la dette et...

Interview • 2012

Pierre Rabhi : La croissance est un problème, pas une solution

By: Pierre Rabhi

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYStCuNMcYU[/embed] Dans cette vidéo, Pierre Rabhi répond à quelques questions sur notre société, telles que: les crises actuelles vont-elles permettre de remettre en question le système dans lequel nous vivons ? L'écologie semble aujourd'hui avoir été écartée du débat politique. Pourquoi ? D'où peut venir le changement? Changer les règles du jeu...

Interview • 2011

Kongress "Jenseits des Wachstums?!" am 21. Mai 2011 bei RBB Aktuell / Interview mit Werner Rätz

By: Werner Rätz

Ein kurzer Bericht über den Attac-Kongress "Jenseits des Wachstums?!", der im Mai 2011 in Berlin stattfand, inklusive eines Interviews mit Werner Rätz, einem der Initiatoren von Attac-Deutschland.

Scientific paper • 2011

Vers une societe d’abondance frugale

By: Serge Latouche

fayard.fr:Les uns ne jurent que par elle quand les autres s’offensent que le mot soit prononcé. Que recouvre l’idée de décroissance, qui ne semble pas être la même pour les uns et les autres ? Surtout, elle charrie son lot de contresens et de controverses. Nombreux sont les opposants à cette idée, qui utilisent des arguments de plus ou moins mauvaise foi. À droite comme à gauche, les critiques...

Scientific paper • 2011

Energy, property, and the industrial revolution narrative

By: Stefania Barca

Abstract: The Industrial Revolution (IR) story is the core of a mainstream economic history narrative of energy/development relationships, celebrating Modern Economic Growth (MEG) as the increase in per capita energy consumption in the last two centuries. Such a narrative emphasizes mineral technology and private property as the key elements of growth processes. I will criticize the above...

Misc • 2010

Der unmögliche Hamster

By: New Economics Foundation

Ein kurzer Trickfilm, in dem auf anschauliche Art die Absurdität von unendlichem Wirtschaftswachstum dargestellt wird.

Misc • 2010

The impossible hamster

By: New Economics Foundation

This short animated film shows the absurdity of endless economic growth in a playfull but clear way.

Scientific paper • 2010

Degrowth

By: Serge Latouche

Editorial, Journal of Cleaner Production 18 (2010). Introduction to degrowth. What is degrowth?, history, word, sources. Editorial / Journal of Cleaner Production 18 (2010) p. 519-522

Misc • 2010

Systemtransformation - Eine Einführung in die Theorie und Empirie der Transformationsforschung

By: Wolfgang Merkel

Das Buch ist die erste systematische Einführung in die politikwissenschaftliche Transformationsforschung und bietet zweitens umfassende empirische Analysen der Demokratisierung nach 1945 und der Systemwechsel in Südeuropa, Lateinamerika, Ostasien und Osteuropa. Es werden in einem ersten theoretischen Teil Kriterien entwickelt, die eine klare begriffliche Fassung und Abgrenzung von politischen...

Presentation • 2010

De-growth as a contemporary strategy for the sustainable managment of economic development

By: Harris Topalides

Poster by Harris Topalides Espin at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "De-growth as a contemporary strategy for the sustainable managment of economic development".

Presentation • 2010

Sustainable Communities of Practice and Ecovillages as Mediaton Tools for Degrowth Process

By: Mildred Gustack Delambre

Poster by Mildred Gustack Delambre at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Sustainable Communities of Practice and Ecovillages as Mediaton Tools for Degrowth Process".

Presentation • 2010

CO2-Emissions: The new GDP?

By: Stefano Sirilli

Poster by Stefano Sirilli at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "CO2-Emissions: The new GDP?".

Presentation • 2010

Urban Metabolism, Climate Change and Poverty - The Case of Mexico City

By: Gian Carlo Delgado Ramos

Poster by Gian Carlo Delgado Ramos at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Urban Metabolism, Climate Change and Poverty - The Case of Mexico City".

Presentation • 2010

The Depletion of the Great Mine Earth

By: Alicia Valero, Antonio Valero

Poster by Alicia Valero and Antonio Valero at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "The Depletion of the Great Mine Earth".

Presentation • 2010

Degrowth – What Can We Learn from Cuba?

By: Karen Bell

Poster by Karen Bell at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Degrowth – What Can We Learn from Cuba?".