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The ‘punk’ element in solarpunk refers to the movement’s unapologetically optimistic take on the future despite our growing pessimism and even apathy, and passionately calls for radical societal change — abandoning current capitalist markets and infrastructure.

The movement sparks discussion about current systemic problems and the need for societal changes, as seen with the increasing popularity of concepts such as degrowth, which seeks to scale down the resource use of high income nations’ economies by shrinking sectors that are ecologically damaging and offer little social benefit, and pursue growth not by economic expansion, but that is ecologically and socially just for all.
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LEARN MORE ➡️ earth.org/solarpunk/

#Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth #SolarPunk

All is not lost.

We do still have options, good choices we can make that will lead to a better – or at least less disastrous – future.
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Imagine being surrounded by lush natural landscapes, buildings covered with verdant plants and vegetation complete with rooftop gardens, and cities that are completely powered by clean energy. Imagine having our technologies built in harmony with nature and shared equally with everyone on the planet. This is what our world should look like as envisioned by the solarpunk movement.
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In this thread I will post several excerpts from an inspiring article at Earth.org, together with uplifting images that might raise our spirits as we seek to build a happier and more just world for our children and their children.

LEARN MORE ➡️ earth.org/solarpunk/

#Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth #SolarPunk

#Economics
#Neoliberalism
#DemocracyInChains
#JamesBuchanan

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..."...the Virginia school, as Buchanan’s brand of economic and political thinking is known, is a kind of cousin to the better-known, market-oriented #Chicago and #AustrianSchool|s — proponents of all three were members of the #MontPelerinSociety, 👉an international #neoliberal organization which included #MiltonFriedman and #FriedrichHayek." 👈

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ineteconomics.org/perspectives…

@mina @number6

Meet the Hidden Architect Behind America's Racist Economics

Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual linchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean

^{Institute for New Economic Thinking}

#Economics
#Neoliberalism
#JamesBuchanan

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You are quite right in your assesment, Mina, though you focus on the 1 of 3 #neoliberal
strands that is the pillar of #Reagonomics and #Trumpism, #Buchanam's #VirginiaSchool:

"...unlike even the most property-friendly founders #AlexanderHamilton and #JamesMadison, 👉#Buchanan wanted a private governing elite of corporate power that was wholly released from public accountability.👈" 1)

@number6
@fosstodon.org

1)
mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1125…

I have a secret. I love watching kids cartoons with progressive themes.
There was an episode of Sonic X where the sun "disappeared" and Eggman then manufactured "artificial suns" in order to cater to the demand of sunlight.
The Doctor makes a crapton of money until Sonic reveals that Eggman was the one behind the sun's disappearance.
Eggman created demand and used it to manufacture a product.
Eggman is the embodiment of capitalism.

#capitalism #economics #sonicthehedgehog #ChristoFascism

"Capitalism is a purely cultic religion, perhaps the most extreme that ever existed." - Walter Benjamin

#capitalism #economics

I wish the slang term "no cap" eventually becomes a signal for opposition to capitalism.

#economics #capitalism #slang

Capitalism replaced feudalism, replacing kings, lords, and barons with billionaires, CEO’s, and venture capitalists.

It was not an improvement. It was a horizontal move. I wish I knew this 20 years ago.

#economics #capitalism

In the USA, degrowth is definitely *not* on the table for discussion. No one in a position of power will give it serious consideration. Most have probably never even heard of it.

The situation is the same, as far as I know, in both Canada and the UK.

It's at least being talked about in the European Parliament, although not much progress is being made. Supporters of continued endless economic growth still hold sway.
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Speaking at the Brussels’ Economic Forum, Lídia Pereira, a member of the European People's Party said we must not resort to a "dangerous" solution like degrowth when tackling the climate crisis.

Pereira argues that the Green Transition can go hand in hand with the EU’s push to become more competitive. "If we want to find solutions," she said, "we have to find solutions with the moderates."
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FULL ARTICLE -- yahoo.com/news/climate-crisis-…

#Politics #Economics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth

Dystopian fiction is dead. Because our dystopian reality is worse.

➡️ cnn.com/2025/05/21/business/bi…

#USA #Politics #Economics #Capitalism

Capitalism is not an ‘economic system’. Capitalism is legalized crime. It is an extortion racket, set up to steal from the poor and give to the rich. It’s a centuries-long con game, and it’s working better now than it ever has.

You can read about this, learn the history. The information is out there in the open, available to anyone. But capitalism’s propaganda machine has been so successful — and the institutions they’ve built to provide a facade of legitimacy are so entrenched — that it’s hard for most people to see what’s really going on.

#Politics #History #Economics #Environment #Climate #Capitalism

Genius move to lose $9 trillion of actual value to try to address a smaller trade deficit that isn’t an actual debt. 🤦‍♂️

#USpol #tariffs #TrumpTariffs #economy #economics

#USpol #Economics

"The billionaire #Ackman, a staunch Trump supporter, put the market's fears about the fate of the global economy in the starkest terms possible.

What they're saying: "The President has an opportunity on Monday to call a time out and have the time to execute on fixing an unfair tariff system. Alternatively, we are 👉heading for a self-induced, economic nuclear winter, and we should start hunkering down👈," Ackman wrote in a lengthy post to X."

axios.com/2025/04/06/ackman-tr…

This is incredible. The White House sent out the Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai to protest that the equation for tariffs on a country was definitely *not* just calculated as just (trade_deficit / imports) but instead calculated as [insert greek letter arithmetic that looks complicated].

What #KushDesai did not realize is that the values chosen for the greek letters in the equation he cited in the paper he cited it from make the formula reduce to…

trade_deficit / imports

"It's essentially #CriticalTradeTheory. Any trade imbalance between two countries is de facto evidence of systemic unfair trade practices."

x.com/KushDesai47/status/19076…

#Tariffs #MAGA #Trump #uspol #eupol #asia #China #PRC #Math #Mathematics #economics #economy #recession #corruption

One person answered my thread on “ten reasons why parents should be paid” using the phrase, “ROI”.

“Return on Investment.”

💰💰💰

7/15

#Banking #Economics

Found an interesting graph with absolutely no relation to current events on Wikipedia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lif…

I forget who I learned this from, but it's pretty useful to add Reagan's face right around 1981 to help understand changes in US over time.

#economics #HealthCare