Western politicians and journalists often claim that China is doing ācolonialismā in Africa. This narrative has roots in US government discourse going…
The concept of delinking has gained traction recently among some political movements in the global South, including with an international conference in…
Jason Hickel, a leading anthropologist and a key theorist of the global de-growth movement, gives the GRIP Annual Lecture 2025 at the…
In this episode, Iām joined by economic anthropologist Jason Hickel, author ofĀ The Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free MarketsĀ (W.W. Norton, 2018),…
Governments globally are failing to combat climate change because they prioritise profit over the planet ā for real change, the capitalist mode…
Our politicians donāt agree on much, but one thing most of them agree on is that growth is universally good. Grow the…
Over the past two decades, the posture of the United States toward China has evolved from economic cooperation to outright antagonism. US…
Why does the US support Israelās genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people, even in the face of overwhelming international condemnation, at massive…
On 15 May 2025, economic anthropologist, degrowth theorist, and author of popular works such as Less is More Jason Hickel delivered a provocative lectio magistralis as…
This conversation between JASON HICKEL, professor at the Institute for Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA-UAB) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and…
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