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By: Joachim H. Spangenberg

Abstract: It has been argued that degrowth would lead to a catastrophic economic collapse triggered by a collapse of stock exchange values. However, this analysis rests on several flawed assumptions: (i) an outdated view on stock market mechanisms and values (ii) the assumption that the stock market mechanisms would remain unchanged in a degrowth economy (iii) unchanged expectations of benefits...

By: Roberto De Vogli

Abstract: Since the eve of the meltdown, global unemployment has increased by more than 30 million people, but has the financial crisis also affected our health? Evidence indicates that the Great Recession led to increases in unemployment and suicides rates both in Europe and in the United States. While financial crises are associated with rising unemployment, social instability and the rise of...

By: Sandrine Cuvillier, Prof. Rogerio Valle

Abstract: Basic Income and its distribution is today a very disputed question. Social programs oriented to the guarantee of a minimum revenue are currently being implemented in different countries, in order to assist the very poor fractions of the population. This paper describes the origin and the evolution of some proposals and analyzes the main concepts and values defended. Successful cases ...

By: Tenille Brown

labour law; unionized context; worker cooperatives; amateur economy; secure employment

By: Mark Boulle

Abstract: This paper presents the findings from doctoral research into social sustainability practice of Australian local government. It is argued that the social pillar of sustainability has received less attention in research and practice than environmental and economic pillars of sustainability. The research contends there is a leading role for local government to play in incorporating socia...

By: Hugo Carton

Debates about basic income inside the Degrowth movements are growing. The Momentum Institute analyses two proposal from the French Degrowth movement: Basic Income and Unconditional Autonomy Allowance suggested by the "Degrowth project" collective. > In French

By: Vincent Liegey, Stéphane Madelaine, Christophe Ondet, Anisabel Veillot

la-boutique-militante.com: Depuis le début des années 2000 a émergé un nouveau mouvement de pensée autour du slogan provocateur « Décroissance ». A travers la critique radicale de la société de croissance et de son impasse, cet OVNI politique a su enrichir les débats et les discussions. Ces réflexions ont débouché sur une proposition appelée Dotation Inconditionnelle d’Autonomie (DIA), couplée...

By: Vincent Liegey, Stéphane Madelaine, Christophe Ondet, Anne-Isabelle Veillot

www.projet-decroissance.net: ... the authors advocate for the establishment of an Unconditional Autonomy Allowance (UAA), which implies: “that people will be guaranteed the means to lead a frugal and dignified life (lodging, food, clothing, water, energy and transport) throughout their entire life”. This allowance would be primarily distributed as right of usage on water, electricity and housi...

By: Raif Can

Paper presented at the Conference “New economic concepts in the current European crises“. Abstract:The findings of the existing literature on the relationship between employment protection legislation and the unemployment rate are mixed. This study analyzes the relationship between employment protection legislation measured by the OECD Employment Protection Index and the unemployment rate be...

By: Niall Farrell

Paper presented at the Conference “New economic concepts in the current European crises“. Abstract: We analyse the distributional impact of financing renewable energy policies via levies on domestic consumption, focussing on Ireland’s flat-rate public service obligation (PSO) levy. We find that switching Ireland’s flate-rate charge to a unit-based regime results in a trend of reduced regress...

By: Felix Kersting, Andrea Pürckhauer, Renke Schmacker

Paper presented at the Conference “New economic concepts in the current European crises“. Zusammenfassung: Dieser Aufsatz widmet sich zunächst der Frage, wie aus der Interaktion von Arbeitsmarkt, Sozialstaat und Wirtschaftswachstum vor dem Hintergrund der demografischen Entwicklung, hoher Staatsverschuldung und der Zunahme atypischer Beschäftigung Wachstumszwänge hervorgehen. Anschließend wird...

By: Iris Borowy

Cuba; Economic crisis; Special period; Public health; Urban agriculture; Social capital

By: Blake Alcott

Degrowth; Unemployment; Job Guarantee; Employer of last resort; Right to work; Guaranteed income

By: Heinz-J. Bontrup

„Der seit Mitte der 1970er Jahre immer mehr geführte massive Angriff auf den Staat, genauer gesagt auf den verfassungsrechtlich verankerten Sozialstaat, und seine Verschuldung, wird von neoliberalen Interessen vertretern geschickt geführt. Sie nutzen ein allgemein in der Gesellschaft bestehendes (gesundes) Misstrauen gegen staatliche Obrigkeit und womöglich auftretender staatlicher Verschwen...

By: Extraenvironmentalist, Gail Tverberg

[ Gail Tverberg // A World Running Out of Oil ] from Extraenvironmentalist on Vimeo. Interview with Gail Tverberg made during the International Conference on Degrowth in the Americas in Montreal 2012. Gail Tverberg talks about the impact of a financial or environmental or resource crisis on insurance systems and pensions. She also discusses how the energy supply and high oil prices will effe...

By: Karen Bell

Abstract: The degrowth movement challenges the paradigm of economic growth, and promotes a dual agenda of ecological sustainability and social justice. However, critics argue that, within a capitalist system, degrowth will ultimately undermine social justice by increasing poverty and inequality, as businesses collapse and jobs are lost. The recent economic recession in the wealthier capitali...

By: Linda Nierling

Transcription of an oral session by Linda Nierling at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona with the title "Recognition of unpaid work in the perspective of degrowth".

By: Joaquim Sempere

Presentation of an oral session by Joaquim Sempere at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona on the topic "Interrogations and proposals - some inconvenient questions about degrowth". Degrowth; Proposals and Questions from Goteo / Platoniq

By: Gjalt Huppes

Presentation and transcription of an oral Session by Gjalt Huppes at the Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Barcelona on the topic "Managing Degrowth: Employment, Security and the Economy under a degrowth trajectory" Degrowth with an aging population from Goteo / Platoniq

By: Susann Worschech

Eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für ein selbstbestimmtes und eigenverantwortliches Leben ist eine eigenständige Existenzsicherung. Sie ist vor allem für Frauen wichtig. Denn in vielen Ländern – so auch in Deutschland – begünstigt der Sozialstaat durch eine Vielzahl rechtlicher, sozialer- und familienpolitischer Steuerungsinstrumente immer noch das patriarchale Modell des männlichen Familienernäh...