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Matthias Schmelzer
@matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social

Prof Uni Flensburg • economic history and social-ecological transformation • author of HEGEMONY OF GROWTH and THE FUTURE IS DEGROWTH • antifascism • opinions my own

Economics 34%
Political science 30%

New article in Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy with @steffenlange.bsky.social on secular stagnation and on why pursuing growth in the EU is ecologically unsustainable and economically unwise.

www.intereconomics.eu/contents/yea...
Beyond Growth: Europe’s Path to Sustainability and Stability
Intereconomics is an academic journal that publishes articles by experts on current economic and social policy issues affecting Europe.
www.intereconomics.eu

Klimaklage gegen Zementhersteller: Holcim muss in der Schweiz vor Gericht taz.de/Klimaklage-g...
Klimaklage gegen Zementhersteller: Holcim muss in der Schweiz vor Gericht
Das Kantonsgericht Zug nimmt die Klage von vier In­do­ne­sie­rn gegen den Schweizer Konzern Holcim an. Für die Schweiz ist das juristisches Neuland.
taz.de
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.

We just launched the Transformation Working Paper Series.

Eine neue Open-Access-Reihe des Norbert Elias Center, die aktuelle Forschung zu gesellschaftlichem Wandel bündelt und zugleich herausragende wissenschaftliche Arbeiten von Studierenden sichtbar macht
journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/ne...

Capping income and wealth of the rich is a precondition for democracy and sustainability- and its popular
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com

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My piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the rapid and widespread increase in violence over #water resources in the past several years.
Record levels reported in 2024.

thebulletin.org/2025/12/viol...
Violence over water resources reaches record levels
The number of violent events over water resources reported in 2024 was nearly 20 percent higher than 2023 and nearly 80 percent higher than 2022.
thebulletin.org

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And this is what happens when you add the parallel historical trajectory of the OEEC/OECD in the picture (its analysis and periodization from the 2017 brilliant paper by @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social and M. Leimbruger.

Reposted by John Hogan

“If the current draft text is accepted here in Belém, Cop30 will go down in history as the deadliest talkshow ever produced.“
Harjeet Singh of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 delegates ‘far apart’ on phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon
President of talks urges ministers and high-ranking officials to find common ground as conference nears its end
www.theguardian.com

Verwaltungsgericht hebt Baugenehmigung für Flensburger Bahnhofshotel auf - Danke für den wichtigen Erfolg an BUND, Bürgerinitiative und die Aktivist*innen, die den Wald 2020 besetzt hatten
www.bahnhofsviertelflensburg.de/2025/11/08/b...
Bahnhofswald vor Gericht am Donnerstag, den 13.11.2025 | Bahnhofsviertel Flensburg
www.bahnhofsviertelflensburg.de
Die AfD gibt sich als Partei der kleinen Leute – plant aber gigantische Steuersenkungen für die Reichen. Das oberste Prozent (ab 180k brutto) soll 45 Mrd € weniger zahlen, die Top 10% sogar 86 Mrd € weniger. Kaum Entlastung für Geringverdiener.
Berechnung @sbachtax.bsky.social exklusiv für @zeit.de

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Diese Bundesregierung erhöht den Preis für das Deutschlandticket der Bahn und macht Fliegen wieder billiger (Senkung der Ticketsteuer).

Das ist völlig verrückt.
Pleased to post this new Dig ep w/ my partner in all things @triofrancos.bsky.social on her beautiful book Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. We go from Chile to Nevada, from dawn of colonialism to geoeconomic conflict between the US and China—and more www.thedigradio.com/podcast/extr...
Extraction w/ Thea Riofrancos
Featuring Thea Riofrancos on Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. The green energy transition requires a vast array of inputs: copper, cobalt, rare earth elements, and the focus of this disc...
www.thedigradio.com

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13.11.91, Berlin: Mete Ekşi stirbt, nachdem er 17 Tage zuvor beim Versuch einen Streit zu schlichten, von Rechten zusammengeschlagen wurde. Hintergründe: www.amadeu-antonio-stiftung.de/todesopfer-r... #keinVergessen

“When climate disasters decimate the lives of millions, when we already have the solutions, this will never, ever be forgiven.”

Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN framework convention on climate change

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com

Warum kippt das Klima gegen sozial-ökologische Transformation?

Ein Beitrag mit Dennis Eversberg in @makronom.bsky.social in Debattenreihe #econ4future mit @econ4future.bsky.social

makronom.de/klima-gekipp...
Klima gekippt?
Der Widerstand gegen die grüne Transformation wird oft darauf zurückgeführt, dass die Folgen für sozial Schwächere nicht ausreichend berücksichtigt würden. Entscheidend für die momentane politische Tr...
makronom.de

„More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion, new research reveals.“

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com

„At the center of his platform is a proposal to retrofit 500 public schools with rooftop solar, modern HVAC systems, and green spaces. Fifty of these schools would become resilience hubs - places where we can shelter during heatwaves or floods.“
www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-res...
Zohran Mamdani’s green economy vision is what NYC needs
A climate justice campaigner and NYC resident reflects on the primary victory of Zohran Mamdani and his message of progressive green change
www.greeneconomycoalition.org

„Mamdani ran on a remarkably consistent message of the injustice of economic inequality and an insistence on the possibility that the city could become a place where working people could live with dignity.“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."

A Scottish charity wants to reintroduce state-subsidised diners for all—a potentially a big ask in the current political climate. #universalbasicservices

www.sower.world/public-diner...
What if dinner was public infrastructure?
A Scottish charity wants to reintroduce state-subsidised diners for all—a potentially a big ask in the current political climate.
www.sower.world

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Der #NSU war nicht zu dritt!

Am 6. November beginnt der 2. NSU-Prozess in #Dresden! Angeklagt ist Susann Eminger u.a. wegen Unterstützung des #NSU.

Wir werden im Gerichtssaal sein und über jeden Verhandlungstag berichten.

Unterstütze uns dabei! Jetzt spenden:
➡️ www.nsu-watch.info/nsu-watch/sp...

Durch ihre Investitionsentscheidungen waren diese Mil­li­ar­dä­r*in­nen 2024 für 586 Millionen Tonnen CO₂ verantwortlich – mehr, als 118 Staaten zusammen ausstoßen.

taz.de/Riesige-CO2-...
Riesige CO2-Emissionen: Superreiche für mehr CO₂ verantwortlich als 118 Länder
Die reichsten Menschen stoßen viel mehr CO₂ aus als die ärmere Hälfte der Weltbevölkerung, sagt ein neuer Oxfam-Bericht. Das liegt auch an ihren Vermögen und Aktienportfolios.
taz.de

Die Welt hat sich auf „Degrowth“ eingeschossen

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When I say that Trump and his petrostate/plutocrat overlords are a threat to humanity, I mean it
#ScienceUnderSiege
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump takes aim at European climate law after killing UN shipping fee
Once again the United States is using its economic might to pressure other countries to back down from an effort to limit greenhouse gas pollution.
www.politico.com

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Kann Degrowth das Klima retten? Ulrike Herrmann und Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social diskutieren, wie man die Wirtschaft schrumpfen kann.
Überleben ohne Wachstum?
Kann Degrowth das Klima retten? Ulrike Herrmann und Matthias Schmelzer diskutieren, wie man die Wirtschaft schrumpfen kann.
www.surplusmagazin.de
German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate

shorturl.at/OFfig
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com

Fantastischer Vortrag von Patrick Eiden-Offe zu Faschisierung.

Absolute Empfehlung der ganzen Reihe von @krisolwissenschaft.bsky.social

krisol-wissenschaft.org/fascisation/

Ich freue mich mit einem Gespräch mit Ulrike Herrmann zu Degrowth im neuen Surplus Magazin dabei zu sein
🚨 Out now: Die fünfte Surplus-Ausgabe »Die Ökonomie des Überlebens« ist da.

Mit dem Klimakollaps droht eine Verwüstung des Planeten. Nur ein anderes Wirtschaften kann ihn aufhalten.

In den nächsten Tagen im Briefkasten, am Kiosk oder sofort online auf:
👉 www.surplusmagazin.de/surplus-5-di...