Despite rising impacts, climate change received less attention in media around the world in 2025. CU Boulder sociologist Max Boykoff shares the reasons and

Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis

European Council president António Costa blames national capitals for inertia that has left economy trailing China

Die Abschaffung von Sklaverei und Apartheid hatte niemand für möglich gehalten, passiert ist es trotzdem. Warum nicht auch auf offene Grenzen hoffen?

The European Commission is set to backtrack on the EU's ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 by allowing up to 10% of non-electric vehicles after intense pressure from Germany, Italy and Europe...

Contrary to concerns from politicians and commentators that degrowth is broadly unpopular, the core degrowth proposal received substantial support from UK and US participants in this study, regardless...

The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.

Dissens ist ein Gesprächs-Podcast über Politik, Kapitalismus und Gesellschaft

Rapid decarbonisation will require an overhaul of local energy authorities and better macroeconomic planning

It’s been quite a year thus far, and we have some reading recommendations from new books on economics that were published this year that you may have missed either because of the identity of the au…

Energy groups are refocusing on exploration in anticipation of the world remaining hooked on fossil fuels for decades

Using subnational Demographic and Health Survey data from 75 low and middle-income countries, the authors show that many households lack access to decent living standards as basic prerequisites for hu...

Amid mounting geopolitical, socio-economic, and ecological crises, industrial policy has returned to the forefront of policy debates. However, the EU’s industrial policy framework – centerd on Sing...

<p>Decolonization has long been debated across the social sciences, but the economics discipline has so far avoided such critical engagement. This book provides a much-needed intervention.<br /><br />...

Economists’ proposal for up to €800bn of funding under review as part of coalition talks

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Weil für uns klar ist: an konsequentem und sozial gerechtem Klimaschutz darf keine Partei vorbeikommen.

There are increasing concerns that continued economic growth in high-income countries might not be environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, or economically achievable. In this Review, we expl...

Addressing contemporary social-ecological crises requires systemic change. Post-Growth Economics (PGE) has emerged as a paradigm to address this chall…