When hitch-hiking, a certain irony is common: Time and time again, the authors' of this post have been picked up by drivers who immediately instruct them that hitch-hiking used to work, but now is impossible. That these conversations were taking place at all would appear to contradict this supposed fact. This is not to say that it is always easy. Roads bar access to their sides for pedestrians ...
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...
Krise, Klimawandel, begrenzte Ressourcen, zunehmende soziale Spaltungen und steigende Arbeitslosigkeit zählen gegenwärtig zu den größten gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen in Europa. Um diese zu bewältigen, ist ein sozial-ökologischer Umbau der Industrie- und Dienstleistungsgesellschaft erforderlich. Dieser Wandel wird oft verkürzt mit dem Modell der „Grünen Ökonomie“ beschrieben. Die grüne Wirtschaft soll den Gegensatz von Ökonomie und Ökologie aufheben [...]
