We at Research & Degrowth are repeatedly being told that our framing won't work. That we are preaching to the choir by the way we frame our proposals, and that we will never convince the broader public. So, here are our policy proposals re-framed in the language of the U.S. elections.
Abolish all income tax on incomes lower than $50,000 dollars per year. Finance this tax break by establishing a sovereign carbon fund financed by charges to the oil, coal and natural gas industry and by a carbon fee on trade imports.
Make Friday a day off that we can dedicate to our families, friends and communities. Do not reduce salaries: same pay for four days of work. President Roosevelt did it during the Great Depression. This alone can create 10 million new jobs.
No bank should lend more than its deposits. Banks cannot be allowed to create money out of thin air, while all the rest of us have to work hard just to get by.
Each and everyone should have the freedom to choose how to live their lives free from illness, hunger or fear. Establish a permanent freedom income of $800 per month, for every American. Pay for the income like Alaska did with a sovereign carbon fund. If this is not enough, finance it with a sovereign capital fund, funded by a progressive fee on excessive capital.
Hard-working Americans should have the right to inhabit housing assets that are left unused for more than one year for the purpose of speculation.
Wer schon einmal vom guten und hierarchiefreien Leben für alle entsprechend individuellen Bedürfnissen und Fähigkeiten in gegenseitiger Wertschätzung und Kooperation geträumt hat, kann jetzt dazu beitragen, dass dieser Traum konkret wird: Vom 21. bis 25. Juni treffen sich im Kulturkosmus Müritz in Lärz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, rund 1000 Menschen, um "Miteinander offen vertrauensvoll und ema...
...and join us to add other languages! Ever wanted to listen to the book "Vocabulary of Degrowth" because you prefer having an audio book over a physical one? Well, we hear you and share your feeling. That's why we started the "Vocabulary of Degrowth Audiobook Podcast". Currently we are recording individual chapters of the book and publish them as a podcast. This way we eventually get to recor...
Wirtschaftswachstum ist einerseits ein klar definierter Begriff der Wirtschaftswissenschaften, andererseits ein ideologischer Kampfbegriff: Wer sich nicht vorauseilend von Wachstum distanziert, gilt als Betonkopf, weil Wachstum mit Ressourcenverbrauch und -schädigung gleichgesetzt wird. Übersehen wird dabei, dass auch „Null-Wachstum“ oder sogar wirtschaftliche Schrumpfung mit zunehmender Schädigung der Umwelt verbunden sein können, dann nämlich, wenn sich Produktionsstrukturen verschieben. [...]
