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Nick Langridge

@nicklangridge.bsky.social
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PhD | Ecological Economics | UTC🍒

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Milena Büchs 🌎🌻🐌 @mmbuchs.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Our new paper "Financing ‘sustainable welfare’: a critical review of the options" has now been published in New Political Economy. In it, @nicklangridge.bsky.social and I assess financing options for welfare without growth and discuss wider policy implications. It's open access: tinyurl.com/y6z374x6
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Financing ‘sustainable welfare’: a critical review of the options
The literature on ‘sustainable welfare’ argues that meeting everyone's needs within planetary boundaries requires the financing of welfare to become independent from economic growth. However, it re...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I know he has a lot on, but in the midst of a ferocious drought, fires, heat events and severe threats to food production, it would be quite edifying to hear Andy Burnham mention climate breakdown.
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It's finally done! Thanks to everyone that supported me along the way, especially my amazing team of supervisors, @mmbuchs.bsky.social, Neil Howard and James Copestake. I couldn't have done it without you.
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A little late, but I'm delighted to share the final publication from my PhD research is now out, with @mmbuchs.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Financing ‘sustainable welfare’: a critical review of the options
The literature on ‘sustainable welfare’ argues that meeting everyone's needs within planetary boundaries requires the financing of welfare to become independent from economic growth. However, it re...
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
🎺 🎺 🎺 New paper which unpicks some of the factors affecting the sustainability of consumption under basic income conditions and considers how these could be researched experimentally www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Unconditional Basic Income and Sustainable Consumption: From Theory to Experimentation
This article develops hypotheses to inform an experimental approach for investigating the impact of Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) on sustainable consumption. As the ecological crisis intensifies, U...
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Really excited to share this collaboration between our team at UBI Bath and @coolearthaction.bsky.social, working with Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon to understand the impact of #basicincome on ecology and social wellbeing www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
📣 New paper! I'm delighted to share that our new paper looking at changes to human needs satisfaction within the HudsonUP UBI experiment is now out! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Basic Income and Human Needs Satisfaction: Evidence from the HudsonUP Experiment - Social Indicators Research
This article analyses qualitative data from the HudsonUP unconditional basic income (UBI) experiment to examine changes to participants’ human needs satisfaction. Human needs theories offer a holistic...
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/business/202... "Drink-related aggression, violence against women, more deaths from alcohol" But as long as GDP goes up right? If we're lucky, the violence will increase medical bills & property repairs, boosting GDP further... Chasing growth for the sake of growth is madness
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Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth
Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Some great insight into what was a positive and hopeful @greenparty.org.uk conference in my wonderful hometown of sunny, sunny Bournemouth. Thanks @owenjones.bsky.social for coming. The Green wave is well and truly rising. youtu.be/Ds3R8AckpXs?...
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They DIDN'T Kick Me Out! Owen Jones Visits GREEN PARTY Conference
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
"For every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Palestinians" We know Palestinian lives are valued less than Israelis. Now we have a precise exchange rate. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... 🇵🇸
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What’s in Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza?
Plan calls for immediate end to war between Israel and Hamas but lacks detail on how key points will be executed
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Spain has implemented an arms embargo against Israel, showing how it’s done. Every other state that does not follow suit, and which continues to supply arms to the Zionists, must be understood as not only complicit but a partner in the genocide.
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Finally coming to the end of my long, overland return journey to Oslo for the excellent ISEE-Degrowth 2025 conference. Over 2000km and no issues...until I set foot in the UK and the train is cancelled. Congrats @gwr.com
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Just another example of how fucked our economic system is www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerse...
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Continued credit to @owenjones.bsky.social for his continued coverage of the horrific genocide playing out in Gaza. A much needed voice amongst a complicit mainstream. Respect and solidarity 🇵🇸 youtube.com/watch?v=_qqh...
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Palestinian BABIES are the ENEMY - Israeli politician
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Why is it that "tough choices" are always about harming the poor and disabled, and never about making the very wealthiest pay their fair share? metro.co.uk/2025/03/05/j...
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Jeremy Corbyn: Keir Starmer says there's no money - I don't believe him
The government cites 'difficult choices' when they are harming the most vulnerable, but increasing defence spending is apparently easy.
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
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No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
It's 240km from Cardiff to London. A one-way economy class ticket costs £58, or €70.
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
This is a really excellent podcast on the history of GDP; how it fails to measure what it's inventor intended, the quest for alternatives and the systemic issues preventing them taking hold. Worth a listen. citedpodcast.com/2024/10/21/e...
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Cited Podcast: Simon Kuznets & the Invention of the Economy
We tell the story of the invention of the modern economy, or at least the idea of the economy. It starts with one measure: the GDP, or gross domestic product.
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Short oD piece with @mmbuchs.bsky.social on the transition to more sustainable welfare systems that align within planetary boundaries and focus on needs satisfaction www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
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Sustainable welfare for a sustainable planet
The economy must provide sustainable welfare to stay within planetary boundaries. UBI and UBS show us the way
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Nick Langridge @nicklangridge.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
📯 How do we ensure #basicIncome experiments are conducted ethically? Our new report shares case studies and principles to promote fairness, transparency, and respect for all. ubibath.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…
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