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Matthias Schmelzer

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Prof Uni Flensburg • economic history and social-ecological transformation • author of HEGEMONY OF GROWTH and THE FUTURE IS DEGROWTH • find me on bluesky

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3 years
The critique of economic growth is as old as growth itself. And it’s not just about the more recent critique of GDP or about growth as a policy goal, but goes much deeper. How was growth criticized and by whom?. Check out my new article @GlobalizationsJ 🧵.
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RT @carolecadwalla: Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing. The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-202….
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RT @graceblakeley: It’s almost as though booming stock markets and growing GDP don’t inevitably lead to rising living standards 🤔.
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RT @KenRoth: Another Nakba: "Israeli ground forces are getting closer to “the complete evacuation” of northern Gaza and residents will not….
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Jetzt ist es offiziell: Ich bin zum Professor für sozial-ökologische Transformationsforschung an der Europa-Universität Flensburg ernannt. Freue mich sehr auf die Arbeit mit Studierenden, Kolleg*innen und die Leitung des Norbert Elias Center for Transformation Design & Research.
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RT @hahauenstein: In Israel sorgt gerade ein Medienskandal für Aufsehen, der in Deutschland erstaunlich wenig Beachtung findet. Dabei ist d….
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9 months
“Capitalist realism is dispelled. Today it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism by 2048 than to imagine the end of the world.”. Thank you, @koheisaito0131, for endorsing our new book Future for All, out now with @MayflyBooks. Open Access ⬇️.
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Here's our Call for Papers on Global Degrowth: (Inter)dependencies, power, and justice - for the journal New Global Studies. Please share with interested persons. Edited with Jenny Ufer, Felix Windegger and @Brototi .
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RT @ingridharvold: Here is our commentary on how the 2024 Economics Nobel integrates colonialism into economics, while leaving a colonial w….
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RT @BrankoMilan: The beauty of economics is that because nobody reads anything that was written more than 5 years ago, theories, hypotheses….
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RT @ForensicArchi: NEW INVESTIGATION: Today, FA + @counterinv publish new research on the colonial-era concentration camp in Swakopmund, Na….
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RT @ingridharvold: The economists who managed to incorporate colonialism into mainstream economic theory *without* challenging the underlyi….
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RT @ueberdruss: this book got far too little attention when it got out. it's a most beautiful history of saxonian mining, but also much mor….
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Gute Rezension zu unserem Buch "Der sozial-ökologische Klassenkonflikt", Open Access bei @Campusverlag. @IPGJournal .
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La ideología del crecimiento y sus orígenes. Nuestro fetiche por el crecimiento surge a raíz de transformaciones materiales y culturales, y lo mismo ocurrirá con el decrecimiento. Mi articulo ahora en español.
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RT @ThierryAaron: "As pressures increase and the risk of Earth's climate system switching to a catastrophic state rises, more and more scie….
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"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled. We are stepping into a critical and unpredictable new phase of the climate crisis.".
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The 2024 state of the climate report argues that "unlimited growth is a perilous illusion." . "We need bold, transformative change: drastically reducing overconsumption and waste. and adopting an ecological and post-growth economics framework that ensures social justice."
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RT @alarm_phone: Alarm Phone turns 10! . For 3,650 days & nights, we've been on shift and were alerted to over 8,000 boats in distress. Tod….
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RT @Prof_FSultana: 🚨My book is out!🚨. "Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice". This book critically ex….
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Wildfires are burning through the carbon budget that humans have allocated themselves to limit global heating, a study shows.
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