Economic antrhopologist Jason Hickel on capitalism, climate breakdown and a future for all.

Link: Dissens podcast.

Bruckner et al. show that carbon footprints can reach several hundred tons of CO2 per year, while the majority of people living below poverty lines have yearly carbon footprints of less than 1 tCO2. Lifting more than one billion people out of poverty, leads to only small relative increases in global...

The wealth of the world’s 10 richest men has doubled since the pandemic began. The incomes of 99% of humanity are worse off because of COVID-19. Widening economic, gender, and racial inequalities—as well as the inequality that exists between countries—are tearing our world apart.

This is not by c...

Why is it so difficult to tax the rich? Evidence from German policy makers

Why are rich citizens not taxed more heavily – despite growing inequality (aversion)? The literature offers several explanations, all of which ultimately work through the minds and actions of politicians. Taking Germany as...

In an interview with Tilo Jung, Grace Blakely makes clear that we should not see our economic and financial system as without alternatives: „Things can be different, if we organize, challenge the powerful – we don´t have to accept things the way they are”.

“Scroll right” - It's hard to grasp just how extreme wealth inequality is. This page (link below the image) proves the point. Crazy.