Treasurer Josh Frydenberg mocked the idea of a “well-being budget” as “laughable” back in February. He’s got less reason to laugh now. According to an Essential Research poll last week, 78% of Australians agree the pandemic has exposed flaws in the economy and there is
by Ross Gittins, Sydney Morning Herald Most economists are great believers in the need for “reform” – for other people, not themselves. Over the past 30 or 40 years, no profession has had more influence over the policies governments have pursued, but the results have
by Andrew L.Fanning, Daniel W.O’Neill and Milena Büchs The concept of provisioning systems has recently emerged as a promising way to understand the differences between levels of resource use and social outcomes observed across societies. However, the characteristics of provisioning systems remain poorly understood. Here,
by Arjun Walia, Collective Evolution Germany is starting a universal basic income trial where volunteers will get a $1400 dollar payment every single month as part of a study that will compare the experiences of 120 volunteers who receive it to 1,380 people who won’t.
by Luke Michael, Pro Bono Australia An Australian cooperative is developing a national civil society strategy to help build a more sustainable future and connect ordinary citizens with a shared vision for a better economy. The New Economy Network Australia (NENA) – a network of
This book arose from the 2019 Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics Conference held at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia in November 2019. Its focus is on finding solutions within ecological economics to help reach a sustainable future. Its seventeen chapters range from the future
An amazing new book, Pandemic Solidarity: Mutual Aid During the Covid-19 Crisis, leads off the new Pluto Press FireWorks series. Read more and purchase a copy of the book at Pandemic Solidarity.
by Vincent Liegey and Anitra Nelson, openDemocracy Degrowth stands for quality of life within planetary limits. This is the real opposite of capitalist growth. Degrowth is to growth as quality is to quantity, totally different. Growth is pure quantity: it is quality neutral. It is
by Lisa Cox, The Guardian Governments should use the urgency of the Covid-19 pandemic to address 10 potentially catastrophic threats to the survival of the human race, according to a report by a collection of prominent Australian researchers and public figures. A report by a
