Economics

The exploitation of labour, and the ravaging of nature, is an essential element in shaping the rich world’s economies.

We must create an economic ethos that places mutual collaboration above profit.

Workers will build the green transition: their rights and lives must be enhanced in the process.

Long Read: Economics has been dominated by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a measure of success. But ecological economics measures welfare and sustainability instead.

Renewable energy projects set to create 10 million new jobs globally - with 625,000 in the UK alone.

Tim Jackson's latest book Post Growth: Life After Capitalism is 'written almost as much in poetry as in prose'.

The pandemic confirms that capitalism is a clear and present danger to human existence.

Climate breakdown risks a supercycle where the price of goods - including food - rises as supply breaks down. So who is going to pay?

Now is the time to be bold, and to envisage a holistic, green recovery linking human wellbeing with the health of ecosystems.

Consumption is driving ecological collapse and rests on human exploitation. A new Encyclopaedia of Work would reveal the real costs of consumer 'goods'.

Taxation - including a carbon tax - can incentivise the transition to a low carbon economy, while reducing inequality and supporting vital services.

The UK budget must be about pouring enough water on climate fires and irrigating resources to those in need - not about plucking geese and ‘maxed-out’ credit cards.

Innovation must mean real ecological transformation and not just new ways for companies to extract value through mining and externalise waste.

We cannot treat climate breakdown without understanding the full picture: emissions and resource use are inextricably enmeshed. 

'The LSE would become a world leader and show other universities teaching economics is incomplete without teaching ecology.'

Parliamentarians and NGOs across Europe have signed joint statements calling for public development banks to respect human rights and stop funding fossil fuels.

We need a new economy that supports humans as part of nature rather than profits and investments.

A transformative Covid recovery must depart from the narratives of green capitalism and safe globalisation.

Welsh Manifesto for the Future calls for shorter working week and basic income to help people and planet thrive.

New book Trade Secrets is based on a thorough analysis of leaked papers from three years of secretive trade talks, as well as multiple other official documents and sources.

Strong and consistent carbon price has public support and can help UK government fund green recovery, new report finds.

Heads of Environment Agency, Natural England, Forestry Commission call for greater government investment in green measures to reboot the economy.

How can we reduce consumption as much as necessary in a socially-sustainable way, while still safeguarding human needs and social security?

'Governments need a way to promote a sustainable, equitable transition while reducing the overall debt burden.'