Inflation and Social Justice

Now online for the first time:
📈 "INFLATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE"
by E.F. Schumacher (1975)

This thought-provoking analysis of inflation and its representation in both economics and general parlance still bears relevance in our present day. https://t.co/yPEkyc244n pic.twitter.com/0K1or3eCmU

— Schumacher Center for a New Economics (@Center4NewEcon) December 22, 2021

The 5%

Watch the Top 5%--They're the Key to the Whole Economy https://t.co/ueFt3u2r60

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) December 22, 2021

Economics for a Full World

Herman Daly's Economics for a Full World | Book Launch at #ESRCFestival with P Victor, H Daly, K Trebeck, E Perkins and T Jackson, 24 Nov 2021 https://t.co/jVKS1Zi6oU via @CUSP_uk

— Ian Christie (@IanPChristie) October 4, 2021

Chris Smaje on Household Farming

My new essay 'Our household farming future' https://t.co/wFdV5Y4WCN#ASmallFarmFuture

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) September 1, 2021

The World Just Got a Lot Riskier

As Gordon Long and I explain in our new video, {The World Just Got a Lot Riskier" crony capitalism has transmogrified into predatory capitalism as government, finance and the corporatocracy have allied into a seamless elite: https://t.co/yBg3NpdTxN

— Charles Hugh Smith (@chsm1th) August 4, 2021

Employee Stock Ownership Plans

ESOPs (employee stock ownership plan) currently employs 10 millions workers in the US alone. The business model outclass most others and the profits go straight to the owners, which are, the workers themselves. https://t.co/gWsaA6OaVD

— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) August 5, 2021

End Industrial Ag

If the corporate #food regime were required to internalize true costs of production,"their businesses would no longer be economically viable + they would not be competitive w/ independent farmers + ranchers." .@FarmActionOrg#TheDefenderhttps://t.co/vJhiMDRq6K

— Children's Health Defense (@ChildrensHD) July 30, 2021

Satish Kumar

In a world run by tech bros and billionaires, Satish Kumar's grounded ecological and spiritual wisdom reveals the madness of believing in technology as the solution to all our problems.

To hear Satish in conversation - https://t.co/WjUycwCQOY

— Local Futures / Economics of Happiness (@localfutures_) July 22, 2021

The Story of Plastic

The Story of Plastic, our latest animated short, now has subtitles available in 16 languages! Find them on YouTube ➡️ https://t.co/De2Z2sXeRI

— The Story of Stuff Project (@storyofstuff) July 21, 2021

Proposing an Alternative Economics

Here's my own contribution to @ISI @ModAgeJournal's Humane Economy symposium. "Good luck spotting the difference in well-being between a society of modest, boxy televisions and one of wall-spanning panel displays." https://t.co/9g1JjZDkzF

— Oren Cass (@oren_cass) July 19, 2021

Libertarians Can Dream!

America needs Ropke! My latest is in the excellent @RealClearCivics edited by @MESabo86 https://t.co/a7T0gIyiB2

— Richard Reinsch (@Reinsch84) July 2, 2021

"Re-Imagining"

Good to see Schumacher College being featured in @Resurgence_mag. With our article, Reimaging Learning, Dartington Trust's CEO Alan Boldon gives a great insight into the history and purpose of the College. Click here to read more - https://t.co/yTTklgZNH1

— Schumacher College (@SchumacherColl) June 29, 2021

Why such an emphasis on the imagination? Because it is easily unmoored from principles and reality and linked to emotion for instead - it's a form of manipulation.

Ending the Myth of Market Growth & Imagining a Post-Capitalism World w/ Tim Jackson - 6/30/21https://t.co/FTwtPv3KUS

— Majority Report (@majorityfm) June 30, 2021

Joe Norman Interview

My early release this week is my chat with the great Joe Norman @normonics on the Dangers of Civilization at Scale. https://t.co/ONZTN7AoBn

— Alex Kaschuta (@kaschuta) June 28, 2021

Industry as an Ecosystem?

Nothing wasted: Industry as an ecosystem https://t.co/v85vJCqS91 (via https://t.co/WyvZg9FxaN) pic.twitter.com/Y75t05QC6h

— Post Carbon Institute (@postcarbon) June 17, 2021

Are They All Collaborators with the WEF?

What should a post-growth economy deliver? Wellbeing and care.
So argued Susan Paulson, @ProfTimJackson, and @KTrebeck in the second session of our Future Economy Forum. Thank you so much for joining! @decarb_world @Hertie_Sustain @FrauChristiane @LukasSalecker pic.twitter.com/jyhAPKgJXP

— Oliver Ruhnau (@OliverRuhnau) June 15, 2021

Tim Jackson with the Sustainababble Duo

Some lively banter with the sustainababble duo 😅 Proving that #postgrowth need not be so earnest https://t.co/3UwAj3pbGX

— Tim Jackson (@ProfTimJackson) June 7, 2021

"Hydrogen Economy"

A concise history of the concept of “Hydrogen Economy” https://t.co/fZOlfT4mdQ (via https://t.co/WyvZg9FxaN) pic.twitter.com/o5TwcXCzZs

— Post Carbon Institute (@postcarbon) May 22, 2021

Story of a Family-Owned Business?

When Dave Nelson returned to the farm in 2007, he and his wife had the opportunity to buy a fertilizer and farm equipment company. Thanks to good timing, a focus on relationships and smart branding, that small ag supply company has grown much bigger.https://t.co/picHGOKusP pic.twitter.com/e0MoCZuifV

— Farm Journal (@FarmJournal) May 20, 2021

Something for localists to emulate? Or do we need to be careful about scale still?

Discussion of Localist Economies

“Instead of, ‘How can I do this on the cheap, how can I get by’ – everything became, ‘How can I make this so it’s going to last the rest of my life? How can I do this so that my grandkids will enjoy it?’” https://t.co/d3DOMIEcMI @guardian

— Civil Eats (@CivilEats) May 18, 2021

Shifting away from large-scale farming would build resilience in the face of climate change and other crises. The authors of new research want to show how to make it happen. https://t.co/rAr8bMwLnG

— Civil Eats (@CivilEats) May 18, 2021

New essay '"How to kill a billion people" - a note on famine in small farm societies' at https://t.co/iS4jpI6OZ0#ASmallFarmFuture

— Chris Smaje (@csmaje) May 18, 2021

Bioregionalism and Ecological Economics

David Haenke:

David Haenke on ‘Bioregionalism & Ecological Economics https://t.co/x4IDZCnyDK (via https://t.co/WyvZg9FxaN) pic.twitter.com/rogrcsPw1O

— Post Carbon Institute (@postcarbon) April 29, 2021