PoliticalPuffin in the UKAug 25, 2023

https://jonderickson.substack.com/?r=1taccx&utm_campaign=subscribe-page-share-screen&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct All #economists are not necessarily status quo, 'rational actor', growth is great types. I've just read #theprogressillusion and it is what I've been thinking for decades but unable to express (at least without bursting into flames due to rage)

#jonderickson, using his educational journey from student to prof to tell the story of how & why the dominance of economics and the continual growth myth came to be and what can be done to change this, sharpish!

Simply excellent

A New Economic Story | Jon D. Erickson | Substack

Explorations from the borderlands of ecology, society, and economics. Click to read A New Economic Story, by Jon D. Erickson, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.

Jon EricksonDec 23, 2022
My new book #TheProgressIllusion is in good company on “A Progressive’s Bookshelf.” Check out Gus Speth’s review in #OrionMagazine. https://orionmagazine.org/article/6-progressive-books-climate-politics/
Orion Magazine - A Progressive’s Bookshelf

IN MY IMAGINATION, THE ACTIVIST communities to which many of us feel close affection are each in separate little boats paddling ourselves through swirling

Orion Magazine
Jon EricksonDec 1, 2022
#TheProgressIllusion of economics is detached from biophysical reality and lacking a moral compass. The fate of people and planet depends on upending the illusion and writing a new story based on care, cooperation, interdependence, and stewardship. (Figure: https://theimpossiblefuture.org/the-end-of-infinite-growth/)
The End of Infinite Growth – The Impossible Future

Show threadJon EricksonNov 28, 2022
Today’s tyrannies of market fundamentalism range from climate change and mass extinction to failing schools and gun violence. Are these fixable market failures or fatal market features? #MarketsOrBust is part of #TheProgressIllusion
Degrowth BotNov 26, 2022
Posted by Kate Raworth in https://twitter.com/jon_d_erickson/status/1596234919621328896:
RT Jon D. Erickson: I wrote #TheProgressIllusion because I’m convinced that #economics as currently taught & practiced will ensure a planetary path t...
Jon EricksonNov 25, 2022
I wrote #TheProgressIllusion because I’m convinced that #economics as currently taught & practiced will ensure a planetary path to ruin. But the mainstream is straining under its own weight & delusions. Now we write a new story & build a new economy. https://islandpress.org/books/progress-illusion
The Progress Illusion

Island Press
Jon EricksonNov 23, 2022
A short Q&A with the #GundInstitute on #TheProgressIllusion, a “story built on hyper-individualism and unlimited growth that is at odds with ecological reality and our innate sense of justice.” https://www.uvm.edu/news/gund/save-economy-save-planet-sustainability-expert
Save the Economy, Save the Planet: Sustainability Expert

A new book by UVM economist Jon Erickson, The Progress Illusion: Reclaiming Our Future from the Fairytale of Economics (Island Press, December 1, 2022) explores the harsh economic realities that have led to sky-high inflation...

The University of Vermont
Jon EricksonNov 21, 2022
Hi #mastodon. I’m an ecological economist at the #UniversityOfVermont and #GundInstitute. My latest book is #TheProgressIllusion on reclaiming our future from the fairytale of #economics. #introduction https://islandpress.org/books/progress-illusion
The Progress Illusion

Island Press