Going Local: Self-sufficiency Through Decentralization
Roar Bjonnes
What are the conditions that need to be in place to establish a decentralized economy through regional self-sufficiency?
Category: Economy
Thriving Communities and the Solidarity Economy
Daniel Christian Wahl
The global economy has kept on growing in recent years, but so has inequality and other social problems. How can communities take independent action to create green local economies and improve prosperity for all?
Growth or Degrowth?
Roar Bjonnes
There is no single answer to the growth/degrowth debate, a balance between distinct strategies for different situations might be the key.
Beyond Climate Change: A New Vision of Resource Utilization
Roar Bjonnes
The urgency of climate change is being used by corporations and governments to push a new type of “green disaster capitalism,” which does very little for the climate and sets the framework to privatize the natural world. We need to denounce this course of action and develop alternative ways of doing business.
The Next Economy: Understanding the Problem, Envisioning Solutions IV
Roar Bjonnes
In part IV of the interview, George Caitlin and Roar Bjonnes examine the challenges and actions to take towards a new post-capitalist economy.
The Next Economy: Understanding the Problem, Envisioning Solutions III
Roshnii Rose
In part III of the interview, George Caitlin and Roar Bjonnes look at the importance of integration in building an alternative to monopoly capitalism.
Towards a Manifesto of the ReGeneration
Daniel Christian Wahl
What should we aim for as we leave behind the old dysfunctional “normal” towards a new era of ReGeneration?
The Next Economy: Understanding the Problem, Envisioning Solutions II
Roshnii Rose
Part II of George Caitlin’s interview with Roar Bjonnes on how we might restructure the economic system to be kinder to people and planet.
Why are we still striving for an Economics of Happiness?
Roshnii Rose
Nine years after its release, The Economics of Happiness is as relevant as it has ever been.
The Next Economy: Understanding the Problem, Envisioning Solutions
Roshnii Rose
Former president of Economic Democracy Advocates, George Caitlin’s interview with SCA co-founder and writer, Roar Bjonnes, on the downfalls of capitalist economics and where we go next.
