📉 Steady-State Economics

A challenge to the growth-at-all-costs paradigm, envisioning economies that prioritize sustainability, sufficiency, and ecological balance.

Limits to Growth

by Donella H. Meadows • 1972

A computer model of Earth's limits, tested for 30 years: the math says overshoot has already begun.

4.21

2k+

🧠 Systems Thinking 📊 Environmental Economics 🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⛏️ Resource Depletion ⚖️ Carrying Capacity

Limits to Growth 93%

A computer model of Earth's limits, tested for 30 years: the math says overshoot has already begun.

by Donella H. Meadows 1972

4.21

2k+ ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 📊 Environmental Economics 🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⛏️ Resource Depletion ⚖️ Carrying Capacity

Doughnut Economics

by Kate Raworth • 2017

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

4.16

16k+

🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌎 Planetary Boundaries 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Doughnut Economics 93%

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

by Kate Raworth 2017

4.16

16k+ ratings

🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌎 Planetary Boundaries 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Small is Beautiful

by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

4.09

7k+

🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

Small is Beautiful 93%

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973

4.09

7k+ ratings

🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

The Economics of Enough

by Diane Coyle • 2011

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

3.43

116

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Economics of Enough 93%

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

by Diane Coyle 2011

3.43

116 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Limits to Growth

by Donella H. Meadows • 1972

Exponential growth meets a finite planet: overshoot, collapse. The math hasn't changed since 1972.

4.17

931

🌿 Environmental Economics ⛏️ Resource Depletion 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Ecological Limits ⚠️ Overshoot And Collapse

The Limits to Growth 92%

Exponential growth meets a finite planet: overshoot, collapse. The math hasn't changed since 1972.

by Donella H. Meadows 1972

4.17

931 ratings

🌿 Environmental Economics ⛏️ Resource Depletion 🔄 Systems Thinking 🌍 Ecological Limits ⚠️ Overshoot And Collapse

Rethinking Capitalism

by Michael Jacobs • 2016

The state built the internet, not the invisible hand. A blueprint for a greener, fairer capitalism.

4.01

121

🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Sustainable Capitalism 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 🏗️ Institutional Economics 📈 Market Shaping

Rethinking Capitalism 92%

The state built the internet, not the invisible hand. A blueprint for a greener, fairer capitalism.

by Michael Jacobs 2016

4.01

121 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Sustainable Capitalism 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 🏗️ Institutional Economics 📈 Market Shaping

More from Less 92%

Richer, yet using less of everything: how four forces decoupled growth from material consumption.

by Andrew McAfee 2019

3.90

1k+ ratings

🧮 Environmental Economics 🤖 Techno-Optimism 🌿 Green Growth 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌍 Global Poverty Reduction

The Post-Corporate World

by David C. Korten • 1999

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

3.77

132

🌍 Post-Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏘️ Local Economies 🤝 Cooperative Economics ⚖️ Corporate Personhood

The Post-Corporate World 92%

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

by David C. Korten 1999

3.77

132 ratings

🌍 Post-Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏘️ Local Economies 🤝 Cooperative Economics ⚖️ Corporate Personhood

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life

by Robert Skidelsky • 2012

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

3.56

2k+

🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life 92%

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

by Robert Skidelsky 2012

3.56

2k+ ratings

🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

Quantum Economics

by David Orrell • 2018

The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.

3.38

136

🏦 Monetary Reform 🔮 Quantum Social Science 💸 Money Creation 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📉 Beyond GDP

Quantum Economics 91%

The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.

by David Orrell 2018

3.38

136 ratings

🏦 Monetary Reform 🔮 Quantum Social Science 💸 Money Creation 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📉 Beyond GDP

Less Is More

by Jason Hickel • 2020

Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.

4.50

9k+

🍂 Degrowth Movement 🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Beyond GDP 🛑 Green Growth Critique ⚖️ Climate Justice

Less Is More 91%

Growth is wrecking the planet, and green growth is an illusion. The case for planned shrinkage.

by Jason Hickel 2020

4.50

9k+ ratings

🍂 Degrowth Movement 🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Beyond GDP 🛑 Green Growth Critique ⚖️ Climate Justice

The Zero Marginal Cost Society

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2014

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

3.92

2k+

🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

The Zero Marginal Cost Society 91%

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

by Jeremy Rifkin 2014

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

The Age of Sustainable Development

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2015

Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.

4.21

856

🌱 Sustainable Development 📊 Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌡️ Climate Economics 📜 Environmental Policy

The Age of Sustainable Development Summary

The Age of Sustainable Development 91%

Growth, inclusion, and sustainability are the same project. Sacrifice one, and the others collapse.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2015

4.21

856 ratings

🌱 Sustainable Development 📊 Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🌡️ Climate Economics 📜 Environmental Policy

Slow Down

by Kōhei Saitō • 2020

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

3.92

3k+

🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Slow Down 91%

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

by Kōhei Saitō 2020

3.92

3k+ ratings

🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Beyond Money

by Anitra Nelson • 2022

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

2.96

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Beyond Money 91%

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

by Anitra Nelson 2022

2.96

24 ratings

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

The Last Economy

by Emad Mostaque • 2025

When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.

4.26

304

🤖 Ai And Society 📉 Beyond Gdp 🕸️ Network Effects 🔬 Complexity Economics 🎯 Ai Alignment

The Last Economy 91%

When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.

by Emad Mostaque 2025

4.26

304 ratings

🤖 Ai And Society 📉 Beyond Gdp 🕸️ Network Effects 🔬 Complexity Economics 🎯 Ai Alignment

Sacred Economics

by Charles Eisenstein • 2011

Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.

4.21

2k+

🏛 Heterodox Economics 🎁 Gift Economies 🌳 Commons And Enclosures ⏳ Post-Growth Economics 🕊 Spiritual Ecology

Sacred Economics 91%

Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.

by Charles Eisenstein 2011

4.21

2k+ ratings

🏛 Heterodox Economics 🎁 Gift Economies 🌳 Commons And Enclosures ⏳ Post-Growth Economics 🕊 Spiritual Ecology

GDP

by Diane Coyle • 2014

GDP was built for counting tanks and factories, not software, services, or a livable planet.

3.65

816

📏 Economic Measurement 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Macroeconomic Policy 💷 Keynesian Economics 🌐 Welfare Economics

GDP 91%

GDP was built for counting tanks and factories, not software, services, or a livable planet.

by Diane Coyle 2014

3.65

816 ratings

📏 Economic Measurement 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Macroeconomic Policy 💷 Keynesian Economics 🌐 Welfare Economics

The New Economics

by Steve Keen • 2022

Loans make money. Private debt swings crash economies. Neoclassical economics missed both.

4.00

232

📚 Heterodox Economics 🔍 Post-Keynesian Economics 🏦 Endogenous Money 💣 Private Debt Crises 🔄 Complexity Economics

The New Economics 91%

Loans make money. Private debt swings crash economies. Neoclassical economics missed both.

by Steve Keen 2022

4.00

232 ratings

📚 Heterodox Economics 🔍 Post-Keynesian Economics 🏦 Endogenous Money 💣 Private Debt Crises 🔄 Complexity Economics

Growth

by Daniel Susskind • 2024

Growth is recent, reversible, and destructive. The choice isn't whether to grow but how.

3.75

831

🧮 Economic Growth ⚙️ Technological Progress 🌱 Degrowth Debate 📊 Gdp Critique 🏭 Industrial Revolution

Growth 91%

Growth is recent, reversible, and destructive. The choice isn't whether to grow but how.

by Daniel Susskind 2024

3.75

831 ratings

🧮 Economic Growth ⚙️ Technological Progress 🌱 Degrowth Debate 📊 Gdp Critique 🏭 Industrial Revolution

After Capitalism

by David Schweickart • 2002

After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.

3.98

250

⚖️ Market Socialism 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🌹 Democratic Socialism

After Capitalism 91%

After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.

by David Schweickart 2002

3.98

250 ratings

⚖️ Market Socialism 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🌹 Democratic Socialism

An Inconvenient Apocalypse

by Wes Jackson • 2022

Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.

3.56

198

📉 Limits To Growth 🛠️ Techno-Skepticism 💰 Ecological Economics 🌿 Deep Ecology 💥 Collapsology

An Inconvenient Apocalypse 91%

Civilization's biological drive for energy makes collapse inevitable. No green tech can stop it.

by Wes Jackson 2022

3.56

198 ratings

📉 Limits To Growth 🛠️ Techno-Skepticism 💰 Ecological Economics 🌿 Deep Ecology 💥 Collapsology

Confronting Collapse

by Michael C. Ruppert • 2009

Cheap oil made modern life possible. It is peaking, and nothing can fully replace it.

3.83

313

⛽ Peak Oil 🪨 Resource Depletion 💹 Energy Economics 🌱 Ecological Economics ⚡ Energy Transition

Confronting Collapse 91%

Cheap oil made modern life possible. It is peaking, and nothing can fully replace it.

by Michael C. Ruppert 2009

3.83

313 ratings

⛽ Peak Oil 🪨 Resource Depletion 💹 Energy Economics 🌱 Ecological Economics ⚡ Energy Transition

Green Swans

by John Elkington • 2020

Sustainability was about doing less harm. The next economy restores more than it takes.

3.78

349

🌱 Regenerative Capitalism 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧩 Wicked Problems 📈 Exponential Technology 📊 Triple Bottom Line

Green Swans 91%

Sustainability was about doing less harm. The next economy restores more than it takes.

by John Elkington 2020

3.78

349 ratings

🌱 Regenerative Capitalism 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧩 Wicked Problems 📈 Exponential Technology 📊 Triple Bottom Line

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan

by Liesl Clark • 2020

A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.

3.44

2k+

🧩 Anti-Consumerism 🎁 Gift Economies 🤝 Sharing Economy 🪴 Minimalism ♻️ Waste Reduction

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan Summary

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan 91%

A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.

by Liesl Clark 2020

3.44

2k+ ratings

🧩 Anti-Consumerism 🎁 Gift Economies 🤝 Sharing Economy 🪴 Minimalism ♻️ Waste Reduction

Mismeasuring Our Lives

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2009

GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.

3.74

338

📊 Economic Measurement 📋 Social Indicators 😊 Happiness Economics ⚖️ Inequality Metrics 🌱 Sustainability Accounting

Mismeasuring Our Lives 91%

GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009

3.74

338 ratings

📊 Economic Measurement 📋 Social Indicators 😊 Happiness Economics ⚖️ Inequality Metrics 🌱 Sustainability Accounting

2052

by Jørgen Randers • 2012

A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.

3.95

355

🧠 Systems Thinking 📉 Limits To Growth 🔮 Scenario Planning ⚡ Energy Transition 👶 Demographic Decline

2052 91%

A Limits to Growth update: population shrinks, growth slows, yet 2°C warming still hits by 2052.

by Jørgen Randers 2012

3.95

355 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 📉 Limits To Growth 🔮 Scenario Planning ⚡ Energy Transition 👶 Demographic Decline

Cheaponomics

by Michael S. Carolan • 2014

Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.

3.65

💸 Externalized Costs 🛒 Consumer Capitalism 🏢 Corporate Power 🌽 Food Politics 🤝 Sharing Economy

Cheaponomics 91%

Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.

by Michael S. Carolan 2014

3.65

20 ratings

💸 Externalized Costs 🛒 Consumer Capitalism 🏢 Corporate Power 🌽 Food Politics 🤝 Sharing Economy

The Day the World Stops Shopping

by J.B. MacKinnon • 2021

Less shopping saves the planet and wrecks the economy. The path through that trap.

4.13

5k+

🧃 Consumer Culture 📉 Environmental Economics 🛒 Overconsumption 📊 Degrowth 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity

The Day the World Stops Shopping Summary

The Day the World Stops Shopping 91%

Less shopping saves the planet and wrecks the economy. The path through that trap.

by J.B. MacKinnon 2021

4.13

5k+ ratings

🧃 Consumer Culture 📉 Environmental Economics 🛒 Overconsumption 📊 Degrowth 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity

Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money

by Woody Tasch • 2008

Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.

3.57

198

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🏘️ Local Food Systems 💰 Sustainable Investing 🐌 Slow Food Movement ⏳ Patient Capital

Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money Summary

Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money 91%

Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.

by Woody Tasch 2008

3.57

198 ratings

🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🏘️ Local Food Systems 💰 Sustainable Investing 🐌 Slow Food Movement ⏳ Patient Capital

Apocalypse Never

by Michael Shellenberger • 2020

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

4.16

6k+

🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

Apocalypse Never 91%

The planet is getting better in the ways that matter. The alarmists got it backward.

by Michael Shellenberger 2020

4.16

6k+ ratings

🌍 Environmental Policy 🌡️ Climate Debate ⚡ Energy Policy ☢️ Nuclear Advocacy 🔕 Anti-Alarmism

The Power in the Land

by Fred Harrison • 1983

An 18-year land cycle, not interest rates, drives recessions. Economics missed it entirely.

4.13

🏗️ Land Economics 🧾 Tax Reform 📉 Business Cycles 🏛️ Georgism 📚 Political Economy

The Power in the Land 91%

An 18-year land cycle, not interest rates, drives recessions. Economics missed it entirely.

by Fred Harrison 1983

4.13

15 ratings

🏗️ Land Economics 🧾 Tax Reform 📉 Business Cycles 🏛️ Georgism 📚 Political Economy

The Arrogance of Humanism

by David W. Ehrenfeld • 1978

Modernity's religion of reason promises total control. Its actual deliverable is cascading failure.

3.97

🧠 Environmental Philosophy 🔧 Technocritique 💰 Ecological Economics 🌿 Deep Ecology 🔄 Systems Thinking

The Arrogance of Humanism 90%

Modernity's religion of reason promises total control. Its actual deliverable is cascading failure.

by David W. Ehrenfeld 1978

3.97

91 ratings

🧠 Environmental Philosophy 🔧 Technocritique 💰 Ecological Economics 🌿 Deep Ecology 🔄 Systems Thinking

Debunking Economics

by Steve Keen • 2001

A handful of logical mistakes in economic theory made the Great Recession invisible to the experts.

4.04

820

🧑‍🏫 Heterodox Economics 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🤔 Philosophy Of Economics 📉 Business Cycle Theory 💣 Debt Dynamics

Debunking Economics 90%

A handful of logical mistakes in economic theory made the Great Recession invisible to the experts.

by Steve Keen 2001

4.04

820 ratings

🧑‍🏫 Heterodox Economics 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🤔 Philosophy Of Economics 📉 Business Cycle Theory 💣 Debt Dynamics

Fully Automated Luxury Communism

by Aaron Bastani • 2018

Technology is ending scarcity. The real question is who gets to own the abundance.

3.68

3k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🌅 Post-Capitalism 🪐 Post-Scarcity Economics ⚡ Left Accelerationism 🤖 Future Of Work

Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary

Fully Automated Luxury Communism 90%

Technology is ending scarcity. The real question is who gets to own the abundance.

by Aaron Bastani 2018

3.68

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌅 Post-Capitalism 🪐 Post-Scarcity Economics ⚡ Left Accelerationism 🤖 Future Of Work

When the Money Runs Out

by Stephen D. King • 2013

Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.

3.63

206

📉 Economic Stagnation ⚖️ Global Imbalances 💸 Financial Crises 💰 Sovereign Debt 🛡️ Financial Regulation

When the Money Runs Out 90%

Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.

by Stephen D. King 2013

3.63

206 ratings

📉 Economic Stagnation ⚖️ Global Imbalances 💸 Financial Crises 💰 Sovereign Debt 🛡️ Financial Regulation

Growth

by Vaclav Smil • 2019

The math of growth is the same everywhere: a curve that bends toward limits, not infinity.

3.87

1k+

🌍 Limits To Growth 📈 Scaling Laws ⚡ Energy History 👥 Demographic Transition 🔧 Techno-Skepticism

Growth 90%

The math of growth is the same everywhere: a curve that bends toward limits, not infinity.

by Vaclav Smil 2019

3.87

1k+ ratings

🌍 Limits To Growth 📈 Scaling Laws ⚡ Energy History 👥 Demographic Transition 🔧 Techno-Skepticism

Capitalism

by Fred L. Block • 2018

Capitalism is not a system. It is a story invented to make reform look dangerous.

3.63

🏛️ Political Economy 🔗 Economic Sociology 🧱 Market Society Critique 🗳️ Democratic Capitalism 🏗️ Institutional Economics

Capitalism 90%

Capitalism is not a system. It is a story invented to make reform look dangerous.

by Fred L. Block 2018

3.63

19 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🔗 Economic Sociology 🧱 Market Society Critique 🗳️ Democratic Capitalism 🏗️ Institutional Economics

Arguing with Zombies

by Paul Krugman • 2020

Dead economic ideas still shape policy. A Nobel laureate on why they survive and what they cost.

3.86

3k+

💰 Income Inequality 📊 Economic Policy 📝 Political Commentary 📈 Keynesian Economics 🌎 Climate Economics

Arguing with Zombies 90%

Dead economic ideas still shape policy. A Nobel laureate on why they survive and what they cost.

by Paul Krugman 2020

3.86

3k+ ratings

💰 Income Inequality 📊 Economic Policy 📝 Political Commentary 📈 Keynesian Economics 🌎 Climate Economics

The Price of Tomorrow

by Jeff Booth • 2020

Technology drives costs down, but the economy requires inflation. One of them must break.

4.08

4k+

📉 Technological Deflation 💸 Debt Economics 🤖 Ai Disruption ☀️ Clean Energy Transition 🛠️ Future Of Work

The Price of Tomorrow 90%

Technology drives costs down, but the economy requires inflation. One of them must break.

by Jeff Booth 2020

4.08

4k+ ratings

📉 Technological Deflation 💸 Debt Economics 🤖 Ai Disruption ☀️ Clean Energy Transition 🛠️ Future Of Work

Plan B 3.0

by Lester R. Brown • 2008

Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.

3.93

531

🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⚡ Energy Transition 📋 Climate Policy ♻️ Circular Economy 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Plan B 3.0 90%

Planetary systems are collapsing in unison. The fix demands wartime mobilization, not half measures.

by Lester R. Brown 2008

3.93

531 ratings

🌍 Planetary Boundaries ⚡ Energy Transition 📋 Climate Policy ♻️ Circular Economy 🌾 Sustainable Agriculture

Free Gifts

by Alyssa Battistoni • 2025

Capitalism treats nature as worthless by design. The missing price tag is the whole point.

4.24

🏞️ Political Ecology 📊 Ecological Economics 🌍 Marxist Ecology 💰 Value Theory 👶 Social Reproduction Theory

Free Gifts 90%

Capitalism treats nature as worthless by design. The missing price tag is the whole point.

by Alyssa Battistoni 2025

4.24

55 ratings

🏞️ Political Ecology 📊 Ecological Economics 🌍 Marxist Ecology 💰 Value Theory 👶 Social Reproduction Theory

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

by Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

4.02

149

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich 90%

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

by Andrew Sayer 2014

4.02

149 ratings

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why Minsky Matters

by L. Randall Wray • 2015

Crises brew inside calm markets: the economist who proved it and the policies his insight demands.

4.17

202

🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics ⚠️ Financial Instability 🔄 Economic Cycles 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Banking Reform

Why Minsky Matters 90%

Crises brew inside calm markets: the economist who proved it and the policies his insight demands.

by L. Randall Wray 2015

4.17

202 ratings

🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics ⚠️ Financial Instability 🔄 Economic Cycles 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Banking Reform

Progress and Poverty

by Henry George • 1879

Machines and wealth multiply, yet wages fall and poverty deepens. The root is under every city.

4.30

781

🏛️ Political Economy 📚 Classical Economics ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🌍 Land Reform 🏞️ Commons And Enclosure

Progress and Poverty 90%

Machines and wealth multiply, yet wages fall and poverty deepens. The root is under every city.

by Henry George 1879

4.30

781 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📚 Classical Economics ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🌍 Land Reform 🏞️ Commons And Enclosure

Environmental Economics

by Stephen Smith • 2011

Why unregulated markets destroy the environment, and how the same market logic can save it.

3.61

239

🏛️ Environmental Economics 📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis 💨 Emissions Trading 💰 Carbon Pricing 🌳 Environmental Valuation

Environmental Economics 90%

Why unregulated markets destroy the environment, and how the same market logic can save it.

by Stephen Smith 2011

3.61

239 ratings

🏛️ Environmental Economics 📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis 💨 Emissions Trading 💰 Carbon Pricing 🌳 Environmental Valuation

Edible Economics

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2022

Your dinner is a map of global economics: tariffs, subsidies, and the myths we still believe.

3.83

3k+

🧠 Economic Myths 🌐 Global Trade 🏭 Industrial Policy 📜 Economic History 🤲 Care Economy

Edible Economics 90%

Your dinner is a map of global economics: tariffs, subsidies, and the myths we still believe.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2022

3.83

3k+ ratings

🧠 Economic Myths 🌐 Global Trade 🏭 Industrial Policy 📜 Economic History 🤲 Care Economy

A World Without Work

by Daniel Susskind • 2020

Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.

3.83

2k+

🏭 Technological Unemployment 📊 Automation Economics 🌅 Post-Work Society 💰 Universal Basic Income 📈 Inequality Economics

A World Without Work 90%

Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.

by Daniel Susskind 2020

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏭 Technological Unemployment 📊 Automation Economics 🌅 Post-Work Society 💰 Universal Basic Income 📈 Inequality Economics

False Alarm

by Bjørn Lomborg • 2020

Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.

4.16

3k+

🏛️ Climate Policy 📊 Environmental Economics ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🔋 Green Energy Innovation 🛡️ Adaptation Strategies

False Alarm 90%

Two trillion a year for one-twentieth of a degree: the smarter investments our panic overlooks.

by Bjørn Lomborg 2020

4.16

3k+ ratings

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Designing Regenerative Cultures

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Designing as separate from nature broke the planet. Regenerative cultures learn from living systems.

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Designing as separate from nature broke the planet. Regenerative cultures learn from living systems.

by Daniel Christian Wahl 2016

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🔄 Regenerative Design 🌍 Ecological Economics 🧠 Systems Thinking 🦎 Biomimicry 🌳 Deep Ecology

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