Matthias Schmelzer | Degrowth and The History of the Economic Growth Paradigm

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Challenging Economic Assumptions

Gerry McCartney and Carmel Williams

8 episodes

1 week ago

Challenging Economic Assumptions podcast is kind of self-descriptive. It is about challenging our assumed ideas and beliefs of the economic system we live with, which determines so much of our lives, our values and understanding of the world. In this series we hope to unpack some of the not-so-often questioned economic thinking that has lead us here and where we can go next. We talk to various thinkers and activists on the underlying economic assumptions that permeate our society, attempting to uncover new ways forward.

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Matthias Schmelzer | Degrowth and The History of the Economic Growth Paradigm

Challenging Economic Assumptions

46 minutes 52 seconds

1 year ago

Matthias Schmelzer | Degrowth and The History of the Economic Growth Paradigm

In this episode Gerry and Carmel talk to Matthias Schmelzer, an economic historian, social theorist and climate activist. Reflecting on the concept of growth and its history, Matthias unpacks the deliberate decisions of the past which have lead us to our economic system today and explores the concept of degrowth as an alternative path.

Matthias is a post-doctoral researcher at the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena and is active in numerous social-ecological networks and movements. He is the author of two books, “The Hegemony of Growth: The OECD and the Making of the Economic Growth Paradigm” and “The Future is Degrowth: A world beyond Capitalism."

This podcast is supported by ⁠The University of Glasgow ⁠and the ⁠Centre for Health in All Policies Research Translation. ⁠

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