On 8 March 2023 Jason Hickel visited the Netherlands. After he addressed parliament, a large event was hosted in Utrecht, by Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks and the Commons Network, on the future of our economic system. In his keynote speech, Hickel explained why we need to transcend capitalism and what a possible post-capitalist society can look like. After his speech, Hickel discussed his ideas with the audience and with several panelists, active at universities and in the Dutch Green party. The panelists were Shivant Jhagroe, Hans Rodenburg, Ingrid Robeyns, Suzanne Krƶger en Rutger Groot Wassink. The evening was moderated by Winne van Woerden, of the Commons Network.
Jason Hickel is an author and Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA-UAB) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is also a Visiting Professor at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He serves on the Climate and Macroeconomics Roundtable of the US National Academy of Sciences, the advisory board of the Green New Deal for Europe, the Rodney Commission on Reparations and Redistributive Justice, and the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Health. Jason's research focuses on political economy, inequality, and ecological economics, which are the subjects of his two most recent books: The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions (Penguin, 2017), and Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World (Penguin, 2020), which was listed by the Financial Times and New Scientist as a book of the year.
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