Economics for Rebels
66 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe world is on fire. We have to radically and rapidly transform every aspect of society to stay within 1.5 degrees of global warming. How is this possible? And how do we do this in a way that is fair? Ecological economists integrating ecological and critical social perspectives have long been working on ideas to bring about just sustainability transformations. This podcast aims at communicating these ideas in order to open them to critical discussion, from global problems to people’s everyday lives.
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Rebels with a cause: practicing decommodification
August 15, 2021 23:00 - 56 minutes - 52.7 MBThe relevance of Karl Polányi’s insights on social and economic transformation to ecological transformations has long been established. At the core of Polányi’s work were the processes that drive the relationship between state and market, namely commodification and decommodification, particularly the three fictitious commodities of land, labour and money. Understanding decommodification in the heart of the ecological crisis is of vital importance as no ecological sustainability can be achiev...
Rebels with a cause: practicing decommodification - Peadar Kirby and Logan Stranchock
August 15, 2021 23:00 - 56 minutes - 52.7 MBThe relevance of Karl Polányi’s insights on social and economic transformation to ecological transformations has long been established. At the core of Polányi’s work were the processes that drive the relationship between state and market, namely commodification and decommodification, particularly the three fictitious commodities of land, labour and money. Understanding decommodification in the heart of the ecological crisis is of vital importance as no ecological sustainability can be achiev...
Imagining transformation: Polányi’s insights for sustainability - Peadar Kirby and Logan Stranchock
August 01, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBEcological economics is about finding ways to transform our societies to move onto an environmentally and socially sustainable path. Many of the criticisms ecological economists express and the solutions they advocate can be rooted back to Karl Polanyi whose book The Great Transformation provided a well-argued case against mainstream economics already in the 1940s. Today’s guests are Pedar Kirby and Logan Strenchock and we will talk about using Polányi’s insights for a sustainability transi...
Imagining transformation: Polányi’s insights for sustainability
August 01, 2021 23:00 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBEcological economics is about finding ways to transform our societies to move onto an environmentally and socially sustainable path. Many of the criticisms ecological economists express and the solutions they advocate can be rooted back to Karl Polanyi whose book The Great Transformation provided a well-argued case against mainstream economics already in the 1940s. Today’s guests are Pedar Kirby and Logan Strenchock and we will talk about using Polányi’s insights for a sustainability transi...
Who should do what? A discussion on environmental governance... - Arild Vatn
July 11, 2021 23:00 - 41 minutes - 38.8 MBWe need to become true guardians of natural resources, while ensuring well-being for people. Let us accept for a moment that we know exactly what we should do in order to transit into an environmentally and socially more just economy. One of the most interesting question that follows is who is going to take the first step? Policy-makers and corporate leaders often point to individuals as consumers to make the right choice, while individuals expect decision-makers to free up avenues to be mor...
Who should do what? A discussion on environmental governance...
July 11, 2021 23:00 - 41 minutes - 38.8 MBWe need to become true guardians of natural resources, while ensuring well-being for people. Let us accept for a moment that we know exactly what we should do in order to transit into an environmentally and socially more just economy. One of the most interesting question that follows is who is going to take the first step? Policy-makers and corporate leaders often point to individuals as consumers to make the right choice, while individuals expect decision-makers to free up avenues to be mor...
Sustainability transformation from a macro perspective: can we replace markets? - Louison Cahen-Fourot
June 27, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBEcological economics is about reducing economic throughput to stay within ecological boundaries. In our dominant mainstream thinking, what we produce, how and at what price is determined by market forces. In theory markets also influence our access to goods and services when determining our salary incomes through the labour market. Innovations are made available through the financial markets. Everything can be determined by supply and demand while none of these models take into account ecolo...
Sustainability transformation from a macro perspective: can we replace markets?
June 27, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBEcological economics is about reducing economic throughput to stay within ecological boundaries. In our dominant mainstream thinking, what we produce, how and at what price is determined by market forces. In theory markets also influence our access to goods and services when determining our salary incomes through the labour market. Innovations are made available through the financial markets. Everything can be determined by supply and demand while none of these models take into account ecolo...
Living well within limits
June 13, 2021 23:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBEcological economics is about respecting ecological boundaries in human activities. Many argue that this simply cannot be done as humans always strive for more. However, with a different perspective on what living well means, energy and resource use could decrease to fit into Earth’s carrying capacity. That requires a change in mentality as well as a deeper understanding of justice. This episode’s guest is Julia Steinberger, and we talk about what it would mean for humankind to live well whi...
Living well within limits - Julia Steinberger
June 13, 2021 23:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBEcological economics is about respecting ecological boundaries in human activities. Many argue that this simply cannot be done as humans always strive for more. However, with a different perspective on what living well means, energy and resource use could decrease to fit into Earth’s carrying capacity. That requires a change in mentality as well as a deeper understanding of justice. This episode’s guest is Julia Steinberger, and we talk about what it would mean for humankind to live well whi...
Historical waves of ecological economics - Inge Røpke
May 30, 2021 23:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBThe first thoughts that we now consider the basics of ecological economics were published in the 70s. Over 50 years have passed and the concerns that were raised back then, are the concerns we all have today: facing ecological and social limits to growth. Today’s guest is Inge Røpke and we talk about what has happened in the last half a century in ecological economics. What are its basic premises and how did the field develop over time?
Historical waves of ecological economics
May 30, 2021 23:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBThe first thoughts that we now consider the basics of ecological economics were published in the 70s. Over 50 years have passed and the concerns that were raised back then, are the concerns we all have today: facing ecological and social limits to growth. Today’s guest is Inge Røpke and we talk about what has happened in the last half a century in ecological economics. What are its basic premises and how did the field develop over time?
Overthrowing mainstream economics – why and how? - Simon Mair
May 16, 2021 23:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBAs our podcast title suggests we believe mainstream economics has become much more of a hindrance to our world than the engine of progress whatever progress may mean. Today’s guest is Simon Mair and we will talk about what has gone totally pear-shaped with economic thinking and why it is time to rebel.
Overthrowing mainstream economics – why and how?
May 16, 2021 23:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBAs our podcast title suggests we believe mainstream economics has become much more of a hindrance to our world than the engine of progress whatever progress may mean. Today’s guest is Simon Mair and we will talk about what has gone totally pear-shaped with economic thinking and why it is time to rebel.
Are we fog eaters? – Do and talk ecological economics
April 29, 2021 14:03 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBThe European Society for Ecological Economics is a scientific community specialised in the integration of ecological and critical social perspectives in economics. We believe we have academic credibility to legitimise real-world systemic changes and take scientifically informed political stances. But we could do much better to spread and clearly communicate ecological economics ideas, to bring them to life, on the ground, in people’s everyday lives. This episode’s guest is Erik Gomez-Baggeth...
Are we fog eaters? – Do and talk ecological economics - Erik Gomez-Baggethun
April 29, 2021 14:03 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBThe European Society for Ecological Economics is a scientific community specialised in the integration of ecological and critical social perspectives in economics. We believe we have academic credibility to legitimise real-world systemic changes and take scientifically informed political stances. But we could do much better to spread and clearly communicate ecological economics ideas, to bring them to life, on the ground, in people’s everyday lives. This episode’s guest is Erik Gomez-Baggeth...