Economy

'Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto' is a glimmer of hope shining through otherwise dark times.

Climate breakdown will dramatically impact the health of our planet - and have a huge negative impact on the economy.

Corporations are busy weaponising obscure legal instruments to sue government for their actions to save lives and jobs during the coronavirus crisis.

Investing in a green recovery could create 1.6 million new jobs after Covid crisis, report finds.

Wildlife and Countryside Link coalition of green organisations advances list of 330 'shovel ready' projects to support coronavirus recovery.

London is gearing up for Circular Economy Week to accelerate climate action and contribute to a green recovery.

The success of a society should not be measured just in terms of material wealth, according to climate advisor Lord Deben.

Recovering from this pandemic is an immense opportunity to reshape our economic systems and our relationship to the natural world.

The third in a three-part interview on capitalism and climate breakdown from Political Economy for the End Times.

The second in a three-part interview on capitalism and climate breakdown from Political Economy for the End Times.

The first in a three-part interview on capitalism and climate breakdown from the podcast Political Economy for the End Times.

We're not just dealing with a pandemic, but with systemic breakdown. We need to see change that puts people before profits.

The EU’s flagship initiative should be strengthened and used as a 'greenprint' for the post-COVID-19 economy.

A staggering 40 percent of all the food produced in the US is never eaten. It’s time to fix our broken relationship to food.

G20 must fund ‘massive global health plan’ to tackle coronavirus crisis.

The 'Absolute Zero' report demonstrates how the UK can deliver on its climate change commitments. In doing so, it debunks technological utopianism - but what of economy and class?

The decision to defend capital has led to governments taking too little action too late to stop the spread of novel coronavirus.

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

This week the heads of state of the economies that comprise the Group of 7 gather in France to discuss the critical issues of our time – with the stated focus of fighting inequality.

We live in a throwaway society. Innovation in the tech industries mean ever more powerful products come to market. But the death of repair shops and a culture of reliance is not simply the result of shiny new things. Corporations, and capitalism itself, requires planned obsolesce, argues STEVEN GORELICK

Many eco-minded Brits are rightly worried about the prospect of a ‘hard Brexit'. But what if another ‘alternative' Brexit that delivered a Greener economy were possible? VICTOR ANDERSON and RUPERT READ of Green House have just delivered a new report on Brexit and trade from an ecological perspective. Here, they share their key findings with the Ecologist...

Reporting from The 5th International Degrowth Conference in Budapest - which continues today and tomorrow - NICK MEYNEN explores the new narrative of ‘sufficiency' being discussed and and asks will it catch on before it's too late?

Worried about debt, defaults and deficits? Save up your concern for the real problem, writes Glen Barry. The systematic destruction Earth's natural ecosystems for short-term profit is the 'bubble' that underlies economic growth - and if allowed to continue its bursting will leave the Earth in a state of social, economic and ecological collapse.

The effect of new labour saving technologies has been ... to keep us working as long as ever, or longer. But why? Certainly not for our benefit, writes David Spencer. It's to keep civil society suppressed, docile, in thrall to the power of capital. All the more reason to rebel - demand a 30-hour working week now!