🧵Zelensky being publicly berated by US president and VP (a mass media spectacle par excellence) has left western Europe stunned, shocked, and floundering. There was much ‘unprecedented’ about the spectacle but I want to talk about something that isn’t being discussed.
New paper: "How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all?"
Is it possible to realise this vision without exacerbating ecological breakdown? Yes! But it requires a totally different approach to the question of growth and development. 🧵
https://t.co/poEilbDstb
About ten years ago a fellow keynote speaker at a conference suggested I read Two Cheers for Anarchism. It was one of several threads leading to my PhD and along with Weapons of the Weak and others influences the work I do today.
James C. Scott was enormously important to me. Weapons of the Weak and Seeing Like a State are both in my top 20. I had a lovely chat about anarchism over dinner at @TrinityCollege T nice pun a time. He will be misses
I keep thinking about this and have written about it before. So many social justice issues from genocide to homelessness are due to people willing to dehumanize the humanity of other people. We must remember and honour our shared humanity.
@naomicfisher@dgurdasani1 Great question @naomicfisher and one which I hope is asked here in Tasmania now that a review of our education system has been announced
“We can treat people differently in order to treat them fairly”. Fascinating presentation from Adam Whitworth of @StrathBusiness on what we can learn from supported employment at today’s @ERC_UK & @ESRC@PrOPEL_Hub event on Mental Health, Workplace Wellbeing & Productivity
@NickFeik Better economic modelling needed in the public domain to show relationships between fossil fuel net revenues to govt and social spending. Pervasive belief that mining affords NDIS
It's long been a question: could all of humanity actually live within the Doughnut? Thanks to Hauke Schlesier et al it's just been quantified for the 1st time. And the answer is probably yes - if we transform to economies of sufficiency. Read more here: https://t.co/aZjcj1TQ0P
Citizens in areas that have lost their economic dynamism —that is, those stuck in a #development trap— are fuelling a wave of #discontent across #Europe.
The risk, intensity & duration of the #DevelopmentTrap, significantly increase the Eurosceptic vote.
https://t.co/ahNazVvQe7
Many 'places that no longer matter' are refusing to die.
Very interesting article by @chakrabortty in @guardian about #Shildon, an old mining town starved of investment since 1951 but that survives against all odds.
https://t.co/YdRNwR8Ala
https://t.co/Mf0sDQfyIX
If you’re interested in the science, technology and (increasingly) policy elements of Earth observations for environmental and socioeconomic decision making then consider joining @CEOSdotORG page on LinkedIn https://t.co/3OBJZdHovy #EO4Impact
The rise in #inequality is key to explain #populism.
It is therefore surprising that comparative analyses of how and to what extent differences in both interpersonal and interterritorial inequality drive anti-sytem voting remain rare.
We provide one here:
https://t.co/CQACn5mA4B
Hype around AI in medicine often ignores two key risks:
- patterns of automation contribute to centralization of power
- medical knowledge is limited by the systemic refusal to trust patient expertise 1/
my new post: https://t.co/1nqX5bzP6x
"Without an analysis of power, it is hard to understand inequality or much else in modern capitalism.”
Nobel Economics prize winner Angus Deaton drops a bomb on his own profession and attacks some sacred cows of economic orthodoxy
https://t.co/uPnAzxWYu2
NEW ✍️ : Countries with similar #GDP per capita levels show significant differences in Women with Advanced Education scores.
Economic wealth doesn't always translate into social progress. How can we bridge the gaps?
Full article: https://t.co/kPC28jFfTI