Tag: economics

Well-Asked Questions

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Dreams and Visions

Well-Asked Questions

Nobel Prize laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit V. Banarjee suggest that in order to address pressing world issues such as poverty, scholars must steer clear of generalization.

Paulina Wilk

Better Not to Cross the Dreamer

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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

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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?

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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

Socialism in Cusco?

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Experiences

Socialism in Cusco?

The Incan Empire was driven by many surprising yet successful ideas – such as managing a powerful political entity without a market economy.

Scotty Hendricks

The Great Metamorphosis

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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

It Pays to Be Tolerant

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Dreams and Visions

It Pays to Be Tolerant

From cannabis coffee shops to the windows of Amsterdam’s red light district, the Netherlands is famed for its tolerance. But what does Dutch tolerance actually refer to?

Kamil Bałuk

Keynes was wrong. Gen Z will have it worse.

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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?