If the aim of European policy was wellbeing of the people rather than merely competing against others, conclusions and solutions would probably diverge a lot from more and more #deregulation, and more and more military spending www.ft.com/content/53df...

Wichtige Einordnung von Bafta Sarbo "Die EU-Migrations­abwehr ist nicht besser als ICE". Unterschied: der grosse Aufschrei bleibt in Europa aus

Wichtiger Beitrag zu Grenzpolitik: "Man tut so, als sei Aufenthaltsrecht etwas Naturgegebenes und unterschlägt, dass dieses Recht gemacht wurde, damit Menschen abgeschoben werden können. [...] Diese scheinbare Selbstverständlichkeit des Rechts müssen wir hinterfragen." taz.de/Offene-Grenz...

Dismantling climate policy one regulation at a time: European institutions may bow to fossil automobile capital and scrap the EU’s 2035 combustion engine ban www.reuters.com/business/aut...

"Criminalisation and repression should be read as features of a carbon-intensive political and economic settlement rather than episodic excess...From a Gramscian perspective, the observed repertoire of repression is integral to the reproduction of hegemony." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Once people understand what Degrowth is, the majority support it (74–84% in the UK and 67–73% in the US), regardless of the label. See our new research in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @giorgoskallis.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @F. Basso @lsepbs.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk

Die AfD gibt sich als Partei der kleinen Leute – plant aber gigantische Steuersenkungen für die Reichen. Das oberste Prozent (ab 180k brutto) soll 45 Mrd € weniger zahlen, die Top 10% sogar 86 Mrd € weniger. Kaum Entlastung für Geringverdiener. Berechnung @sbachtax.bsky.social exklusiv für @zeit.de

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged." www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

Looking forward to joining this exciting workshop tomorrow!

Merz will den wirtschaftspolitischen #Epochenbruch. Das darf nicht unwidersprochen bleiben! Damit der Widerspruch gehört wird, brauchen "Kritische Stimmen zu Wirtschaft und Krise" Reichweite. go.bsky.app/EgVmLkA Helft mit und verbreitet das Starter Pack. Mit dabei sind... (🧵)

Europa und die USA haben sich mit dem Klimakollaps abgefunden oder driften in Richtung fossilen Autoritarismus. Es ist Zeit, dass Klimabewegte und Linke eine gemeinsame Erzählung entwickeln, erzählt @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social im Dissens Podcast @lukasondreka.bsky.social

Interesting: @brusselermel.bsky.social calling for "a new era of green economic planning" @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/dda5... Important addition: let's make sure planning is democratic and relinquishes reliance on green growth. h/t @danielagabor.bsky.social

Our new Alternative Reading List is out! Check out fantastic new books on pressing issues. Featuring ‪@drdconlon.bsky.social @karenhao.bsky.social @alfnilsen.bsky.social @samklug.bsky.social @giselacm.bsky.social @mona-ali.bsky.social & many not on BlueSky! d-econ.org/d-econs-seas...

A great selection of resources for decolonising the various dimensions of economics (theories, methods, pedagogy. etc) by @divdececon.bsky.social

🥳🚨🤩 Job opportunity with me at Uni Lausanne working on the REAL project! 2 year Postdoctoral position in postgrowth climate mitigation modelling focused on food, biomass, land-use Link here for details and application. Deadline 15 Sept! tinyurl.com/33rfw3xz

As if Big Oil was merely reacting to the green transition not actively preventing it. This is very bad news www.ft.com/content/8675...

No matter how often I see this data, I always find it shocking. Of all the massive growth in output produced by the world's workers since 1980, more than half of it has been captured by the richest 1%. This is what happens when capital controls production.

We have enough productive capacity to ensure good lives for 8 billion. And yet, because capital controls production, deprivation remains endemic. This new study shows *95%* of surveyed households in low/middle-income countries are denied access to basics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Morgen! Ich freue mich schon :-) #postwachstum #degrowth #planning

🧐 Are you wondering where to study and learn post-growth approaches in Europe? 🗺️ I'm glad to share the first version of an interactive map - currently with 110+ diverse initiatives spanning 26 countries - that aims to help with that! 🤗 Dive in here: ecolecon.eu/ecological-e... 🙏 Feedback welcome

New article with @rbaernthaler.bsky.social and @jasonhickel.bsky.social EU industrial policy aims for resilience, autonomy & sustainability — but internal contradictions make these goals structurally unrealisable We outline a post-growth alternative: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Heute Start der Aktionswoche "Gemeinsam aus der Einsamkeit" in Deutschland. Neben der Rolle von Social Media vielleicht auch die des Kapitalismus diskutieren, wenn das Fehlen sozialer Verbundenheit und gesellschaftlichen Miteinanders beklagt wird?! www.bundestag.de/resource/blo...

Check out the new, indispensable book on Decolonising Economics by @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, and @ingridhk.bsky.social www.wiley.com/en-be/Decolo...

Morgen, 7. Mai, Ringvorlesung an der Uni Siegen: “Von Tech-Oligarchie bis antifaschistische Wirtschaftspolitik”. 10:00–11:15 Uhr – online via Webex. ℹ️ www.wiwi.uni-siegen.de/wiwi/plurale... Mit @ehofferberth.bsky.social, @lobbycontrol.bsky.social, @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social, @social.verdi.de...

In the German debate over special funding for defence and infrastructure, can we please make sure these are in line with fair shares in resource use, emission targets etc. www.ft.com/content/1996...

Statement from the Lausanne Universities Collective for Academic Freedom, Solidarity and Democracy (CLADS) on the danger facing US research and researchers. What Trump is doing looks like a coup d'état and endangers democracy. clads.ch/en/us-resear...

Learn from Germany. When the left panders to anti-migrant sentiment, like the BSW, it just strengthens the far right. When the left fights solid, populist, grassroots campaigns, like Die Linke, it wins.

Once upon a time, the social democrats were the workers’ party in Germany. In the election today the extreme right AfD gained 3x more support from workers than the SPD.

In Germany, a far right party has the best result since WWII. 75% of AfD voters say they are very worried that prices are rising so much that they can’t pay their bills. Inflation once more fueled the extreme right.

The young vote in Germany, by gender. 😳

How popular are post-growth and post-capitalist ideas? Here is a list of studies, surveys and polls with some striking results. jasonhickel.substack.com/p/how-popula...

Warum denken wir beim Wort "Wirtschaftswunder" immer nur an Wirtschaftswachstum? Das grössere Wunder wäre eine sozial gerechte, demokratische und ökologisch nachhaltige Wirtschaft, oder?

Gökhan Gültekin Sedat Gürbüz Said Nesar Hashemi Mercedes Kierpacz Hamza Kurtović Vili Viorel Păun Fatih Saraçoğlu Ferhat Unvar Kaloyan Velkov #SayTheirNames #Hanau Unterstützt die Demos 19feb-hanau.org

Solidarität mit allen, die heute zum #Klimastreik auf die Strasse gehen! Solidarity with all out in the streets today for #climatestrike ! #FFF #fridaysforfuture fridaysforfuture.de/klimastreik/ www.klima-streik.org

...Chapter 13, in which Elena Hoffeberth, @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social and @cedricdurand.bsky.social argue that the idea of degrowth necessitates planning, but that the synergy between both hasn't been explored yet. For that they suggest a model that brings both together. Followed by...16/21

Truly amazing to see this edited volume out! And of course, happy to have contributed with @cedricdurand.bsky.social & @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social with a chapter on "Macroeconomic Coordination for Sustainable Degrowth"

Sehr lesenswerte Bewertung der wirtschaftspolitischen Positionen der Parteien zur Bundestagswahl 2025 von @econ4future.bsky.social www.econ4future.de/bundestagswa...

Excited to announce this new article, a comprehensive review of recent research on post-growth — the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries. Published in the Lancet Planetary Health with a brilliant team of authors. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Excellent work by Elena Hofferberth who 'presents a synthetic theoretical framework of the capitalist system ready to use by Post-Growth scholars' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...