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. Dedicated to all you framing aficionados out there. Oil-funded tax breaks Abolish all inc...
One of the most controversially discussed key tracks during the 5th International Degrowth Conference 2016 in Budapest was “Degrowth and other social movements”. Can degrowth be considered a movement? Does degrowth embrace all kinds of movements struggling for a sustainable future? On one hand, the notion of “degrowth movement(s)” was rigorously criticized for fragmenting the political struggle...
In unserer letzten Telefonkonferenz des Web-Teams wurde ich gebeten, ein Zwischenfazit für den „Stream towards Degrowth 2016“ zu schreiben. Ein undankbarer Job, denn – so interessant und unterschiedlich die Veranstaltungen des Streams im Einzelnen sind – so uninteressant sind Zwischenfazits, die wohl- oder übel auf eher abstrakter Ebene arbeiten. Mein Kollege Christopher meinte ich solle einfac...
