Economics

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.'

How we recover from the economic shock caused from the tragedy of Covid-19 will be pivotal in the fight against climate change.

The crisis triggered by Covid-19 has exposed many weaknesses of the growth-obsessed capitalist economy.

Can we initiate a global green recovery, embedding economics within sound ecological parameters?

The economic impact of Covid-19 should be repaired in line with the net zero emissions target of 2050.

Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz (pictured) and climate economist Lord Stern argue we need a climate saving exit from the coronavirus pandemic.

Day of action calls on governments to cancel debt payments extracted from lower-income countries now hit by coronavirus.

Covid-19 exposes the inherent fragility of our globally interconnected economic systems and the inequalities that they perpetuate.

New critical guide to degrowth argues that we can improve people’s lives simply by sharing what we already have more fairly and investing in public goods.

Ann Pettifor, Molly Scott Cato, Kelvin Clayton and Larry Elliott to discuss Green New Deal at Extinction Rebellion event in Bridport.

How will the covid-19 outbreak effect the world economy?

Genuine climate justice means thinking big when it comes to economic inequality. A 'carbon fee and dividend' would reduce emissions and poverty.

Why are coal-fired power stations continuing to buy coal in excess of their projected life span?

Going digital is not as green as it might seem.

'The pursuit of profit has taken priority over people, over the environment, over everything.'

Challenging individual consumerism must occur in synchrony with critiquing broader capitalist systems.

The authors of 'Degrowth in the Suburbs' discuss their vision for a radical urban imaginary.

Support and mentoring available for new circular economy start-ups working in the construction industry.

Rising oil prices correlate to higher compensation for chief executives, yet their pay cheques don't go down when prices fall, research shows. LUCAS DAVIS and CATHERINE HAUSMAN report

Thatcherism was the implementation of neoliberalism - the school of free market economics led by Friedrich von Hayek. This school claimed economics was a science that should direct society and social policy. But, strangely, Hayek felt science itself should be avoided - as it led to socialism. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports