Tag: capitalism

Better Not to Cross the Dreamer
World + People
The Other School

Better Not to Cross the Dreamer

The revolutionary economist Mariana Mazzucato proposes a shift away from profit and big business – and towards state investment in the societies they serve.
Paulina Wilk
Dismantling Capitalism
World + People
Nature

Dismantling Capitalism

John Seymour was a leading pioneer of self-sufficiency. His ideas can today be felt in the post-growth movement, as well as the WWOOF community.
Dominika Bok
What Comes After Growth?
World + People
Dreams and Visions

What Comes After Growth?

Wojciech Mejor – a leading figure in the Polish post-growth movement – talks about food sovereignty, food cooperativism and alternatives to capitalism.
Katarzyna Michalczak
The Great Metamorphosis
World + People
Dreams and Visions

The Great Metamorphosis

Czech economist Tomáš Sedláček talks about the power of the internet, why we should trust banks, and how society will rise like a phoenix after the pandemic.
Paulina Wilk
Keynes was wrong. Gen Z will have it worse.
World + People, Art + Stories
Science, Experiences

Keynes was wrong. Gen Z will have it worse.

Instead of never-ending progress, today’s kids face a world on the edge of collapse. What next?
Malcolm Harris
In Search of Silence (Part II)
World + People
Dreams and Visions

In Search of Silence (Part II)

Silence is so difficult to find; even when we think we’ve found it, we still have to deal with our own internal psychological noise.
Julia Fiedorczuk
Emotional Illusions
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Emotional Illusions

Eva Illouz talks about the privatization of emotion, the mistakes of the contemporary Left, and the age of immunity to truth.
Tomasz Stawiszyński
Sleepless Cities
Art + Stories
Experiences

Sleepless Cities

Sleep is the last bastion of rest. Yet a glance at the world’s major urban centers suggests that in the future, humans may increasingly be forced into constant wakefulness.
Paulina Wilk