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Jason Hickel
@jasonhickel.bsky.social
Professor at ICTA-UAB and Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
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We have *extraordinary* productive capacities. If we had democratic control over production and organized it around well-being, we could end poverty & ensure good living standards for everyone on the planet, with public luxury and scientific advancement. 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis
How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis

Some narratives in international development hold that ending poverty and achieving good lives for all will require every country to reach the levels …

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Democratic control is absent since industry sees us as nothing more than consumers. Companies are so powerful that 'demand-supply' is turned around. Fossile industry changes more and more into plastic industry and forces plastics upon us. Governments only focus on cleaning up and wishcycling.

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bullshitjobs.bsky.social

This is basically saying, "We will be super wealthy once we ditch the #bullshitjobs anti-economy."

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Jason Hickel
@jasonhickel.bsky.social
Professor at ICTA-UAB and Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE • Author of THE DIVIDE and LESS IS MORE • Global inequality, political economy and ecological economics
4.8k followers103 following147 posts