Helpless Growth
Seriously. In part that’s because the economics of the twentieth century was overwhelmingly about how best to share existing “pies” of human well-being, rather than how
Philip Auerswald • The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Economy
Societies can collapse. These texts problematize the idea that conditions of life are inexorably improving; according to Greer, we are moving to a condition that is After Progress (2015). These texts point to the possibility of systemic reversal, some deploying the language of austerity, and show that this is directly affecting people's lives and l
... See moreJohn Urry • What is the Future?
We are suffering just now from a bad attack of economic pessimism. It is common to hear people say that the epoch of enormous economic progress which characterized the nineteenth century is over; that the rapid improvement in the standard of living is now going to slow down—at any rate in Great Britain; that a decline in prosperity is more likely t
... See morePhilip Auerswald • The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Economy
elected leaders continue to insist that well-being be measured mostly by economic growth, and when the U.S. media breathlessly reports quarterly economic growth data, with increases deemed “good” and decreases deemed “bad.”
Why shouldn’t free time and its benefits be included in the equation? Why aren’t figures on the social costs of unlimited grow... See more
Why shouldn’t free time and its benefits be included in the equation? Why aren’t figures on the social costs of unlimited grow... See more