Joe Herbert
@joefherb.bsky.social
researching economy/ecology/finance at @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social • editorial team degrowth.info • @iwgbcharityworkers.bsky.social 🍉
I know there is some good stuff out there but the substackification of political analysis and commentary kind of depresses me. Cant help but think it speaks to (and possibly exacerbates?) wider social fragmentation and individualism.
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I know there is some good stuff out there but the substackification of political analysis and commentary kind of depresses me. Cant help but think it speaks to (and possibly exacerbates?) wider social fragmentation and individualism.
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This is precisely why (a) ESG has always been problematic by turning public policy issues into profit-making ventures & (b) credit guidance is necessary to direct commercial bank and non-bank financial sector finance toward public purpose
(Screenshot from R. Armstrong’s FT “Unhedged” newsletter)
(Screenshot from R. Armstrong’s FT “Unhedged” newsletter)
October 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This is precisely why (a) ESG has always been problematic by turning public policy issues into profit-making ventures & (b) credit guidance is necessary to direct commercial bank and non-bank financial sector finance toward public purpose
(Screenshot from R. Armstrong’s FT “Unhedged” newsletter)
(Screenshot from R. Armstrong’s FT “Unhedged” newsletter)
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💡New! As the ESRC, the UK’s leading social science funder, moves to deprioritise research on economic models beyond growth, ImogenHamilton-Jones and Catarina Heeckt defend the academic legitimacy and societal relevance of post-growth thinking.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Beyond economic growth – the case for researching alternatives | British Politics and Policy at LSE
As the ESRC moves to deprioritise research on economic models beyond growth, we need to defend the legitimacy and societal relevance of degrowth thinking.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
💡New! As the ESRC, the UK’s leading social science funder, moves to deprioritise research on economic models beyond growth, ImogenHamilton-Jones and Catarina Heeckt defend the academic legitimacy and societal relevance of post-growth thinking.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Is degrowth a movement, or a concept, or both?
We always like to host dialogues on @degrowthinfo.bsky.social!
Get in touch if you have thoughts
We always like to host dialogues on @degrowthinfo.bsky.social!
Get in touch if you have thoughts
As a response to Hickel's @jasonhickel.bsky.social interview with The Break-Down @the-breakdown.bsky.social, Vincent Liegey @vincent-liegey.bsky.social, Anitra Nelson & Terry Leahy share their thoughts on degrowth as a concept and a movement, and the role it plays in a challenging political context:
Debating degrowth: A response to Jason Hickel
As a response to Jason Hickel's interview with the Break-Down Journal, the authors share their thoughts on degrowth as a concept and a movement, and the role it plays in a challenging political contex...
degrowth.info
October 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Is degrowth a movement, or a concept, or both?
We always like to host dialogues on @degrowthinfo.bsky.social!
Get in touch if you have thoughts
We always like to host dialogues on @degrowthinfo.bsky.social!
Get in touch if you have thoughts
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🚨 Israeli naval forces have illegally intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Communications have been cut. The status of participants and crew remains unconfirmed.
This is an attack on unarmed humanitarians. We call on governments and int'l institutions to demand their immediate safety and release
Communications have been cut. The status of participants and crew remains unconfirmed.
This is an attack on unarmed humanitarians. We call on governments and int'l institutions to demand their immediate safety and release
October 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🚨 Israeli naval forces have illegally intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Communications have been cut. The status of participants and crew remains unconfirmed.
This is an attack on unarmed humanitarians. We call on governments and int'l institutions to demand their immediate safety and release
Communications have been cut. The status of participants and crew remains unconfirmed.
This is an attack on unarmed humanitarians. We call on governments and int'l institutions to demand their immediate safety and release
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The magic wand of growth. The panacea that destroys ecosystems, causes economic and political instability, and has spluttered and stalled for the last seventeen years anyway. We desperately need the vision to find better routes to a good life for UK citizens. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer to tell Labour conference growth is the ‘antidote to division’
In a combative speech, the prime minister will pledge to raise living standards and ‘face down’ threats of a volatile world
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The magic wand of growth. The panacea that destroys ecosystems, causes economic and political instability, and has spluttered and stalled for the last seventeen years anyway. We desperately need the vision to find better routes to a good life for UK citizens. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Great to see critique of UK govt's 'growth at all costs' approach. However @graceblakeley.substack.com's comment that degrowth=recession shows a total misunderstanding of the concept. Degrowth isn't 'less of the same', its a process of transformation towards a fundamentally different economic system
With Labour's approval of a second runway at Gatwick airport - and Reeves and Starmer pursuing growth at all costs - we NEED @graceblakeley.substack.com in our lives to explain why certain types of growth don't benefit most of us
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Great to see critique of UK govt's 'growth at all costs' approach. However @graceblakeley.substack.com's comment that degrowth=recession shows a total misunderstanding of the concept. Degrowth isn't 'less of the same', its a process of transformation towards a fundamentally different economic system
Central banks hold immense power to guide finance away from ecologically destructive industries and towards green sectors. They often neglect these capacities due to flawed concerns around market-neutrality. Yet central banks have used credit guidance policies to respond to crises in the past.
"The private sector, left to its own devices and profit-motives, is not delivering the scale or type of investment needed to address the escalating and multi-dimensional ecological crisis."
Our @joefherb.bsky.social on why we need central banks to step up in Edie.
www.edie.net/when-it-come...
Our @joefherb.bsky.social on why we need central banks to step up in Edie.
www.edie.net/when-it-come...
When it comes to green banking, which central banks are leaders and laggards? - edie
The inaugural East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard, published by Positive Money, reveals stark inequalities between nations in their progress towards greening their financial system...
www.edie.net
September 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Central banks hold immense power to guide finance away from ecologically destructive industries and towards green sectors. They often neglect these capacities due to flawed concerns around market-neutrality. Yet central banks have used credit guidance policies to respond to crises in the past.
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"The private sector, left to its own devices and profit-motives, is not delivering the scale or type of investment needed to address the escalating and multi-dimensional ecological crisis."
Our @joefherb.bsky.social on why we need central banks to step up in Edie.
www.edie.net/when-it-come...
Our @joefherb.bsky.social on why we need central banks to step up in Edie.
www.edie.net/when-it-come...
When it comes to green banking, which central banks are leaders and laggards? - edie
The inaugural East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard, published by Positive Money, reveals stark inequalities between nations in their progress towards greening their financial system...
www.edie.net
September 23, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"The private sector, left to its own devices and profit-motives, is not delivering the scale or type of investment needed to address the escalating and multi-dimensional ecological crisis."
Our @joefherb.bsky.social on why we need central banks to step up in Edie.
www.edie.net/when-it-come...
Our @joefherb.bsky.social on why we need central banks to step up in Edie.
www.edie.net/when-it-come...
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🚨 NEW 🚨
Today we launched our brand new report: The East & Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard
This ranks the progress of central banks & financial regulators of 13 countries towards greening their financial system.
But why this region? 🧵
Today we launched our brand new report: The East & Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard
This ranks the progress of central banks & financial regulators of 13 countries towards greening their financial system.
But why this region? 🧵
The East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard
The Scorecard ranks ASEAN+3 central banks based on the degree to which they have aligned their policies with addressing the ecological crisis.
positivemoney.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚨 NEW 🚨
Today we launched our brand new report: The East & Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard
This ranks the progress of central banks & financial regulators of 13 countries towards greening their financial system.
But why this region? 🧵
Today we launched our brand new report: The East & Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard
This ranks the progress of central banks & financial regulators of 13 countries towards greening their financial system.
But why this region? 🧵
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"Countries with greater economic power and larger historical contributions to environmental degradation should lead the charge here."
Fantastic coverage of our first ever East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard in The Korea Times 👏
www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/2025...
Fantastic coverage of our first ever East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard in The Korea Times 👏
www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/2025...
BOK, FSC underperform in green initiatives despite economic capacity - The Korea Times
The Bank of Korea (BOK) and Financial Services Commission (FSC) are facing criticism for lagging behind in green finance initiatives, despite Korea...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
September 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"Countries with greater economic power and larger historical contributions to environmental degradation should lead the charge here."
Fantastic coverage of our first ever East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard in The Korea Times 👏
www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/2025...
Fantastic coverage of our first ever East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard in The Korea Times 👏
www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/2025...
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The first East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard by our partner @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social is here - analysing green monetary and financial regulation policies in @aseantoday.bsky.social, China 🇨🇳, Japan 🇯🇵 & South Korea 🇰🇷
China takes top place in new Asia green central banking scorecard
First assessment of east and south-east Asian institutions shows that even bigger economies still need to do more given risks of climate breakdown.
greencb.co
September 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The first East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard by our partner @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social is here - analysing green monetary and financial regulation policies in @aseantoday.bsky.social, China 🇨🇳, Japan 🇯🇵 & South Korea 🇰🇷
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Starting next year, the ECB will take climate risks into account when handing out loans – not just financial risks. Polluting companies will therefore pay more interest. But for a giant like Shell, this will make little difference: the extra costs are negligible compared to its profits.
Why mega-polluters have little to fear from the European Central Bank and its new climate policy
The European Central Bank plans to raise borrowing costs for climate offenders – but a new FTM analysis shows that big polluters such as Shell will barely feel it.
www.ftm.eu
September 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Starting next year, the ECB will take climate risks into account when handing out loans – not just financial risks. Polluting companies will therefore pay more interest. But for a giant like Shell, this will make little difference: the extra costs are negligible compared to its profits.
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As climate risks mount, less developed countries in @aseantoday.bsky.social need to adopt green central banking policies, as shown by the East & Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard—but they need support from their richer neighbours. 🤝
Poorer Asean countries need support to green financial policies, report shows
Countries such as Cambodia and Laos are aware of climate risks but lack capacity to act and need support from richer states.
greencb.co
September 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
As climate risks mount, less developed countries in @aseantoday.bsky.social need to adopt green central banking policies, as shown by the East & Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard—but they need support from their richer neighbours. 🤝
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With less than a week to go until the launch of our East & Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard, we wanted to spotlight the incredible experts we have joining our webinar 🧵
But before that - don’t miss out on your place! Register now 👇
But before that - don’t miss out on your place! Register now 👇
East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard launch
Join us for the launch of the East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard: Wednesday 10th September 9am BST / 4pm MYT / 5pm JST.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
With less than a week to go until the launch of our East & Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard, we wanted to spotlight the incredible experts we have joining our webinar 🧵
But before that - don’t miss out on your place! Register now 👇
But before that - don’t miss out on your place! Register now 👇
Abolish the OBR
The OBR provided cover for George Osborne's austerity policies. If this government actually wants to end austerity, they need to break from it.
Dominic Caddick spoke on @lbc.co.uk about our proposal to replace the OBR
Dominic Caddick spoke on @lbc.co.uk about our proposal to replace the OBR
September 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Abolish the OBR
About time. Seems like Novara have been on a journey over the years - from ridiculing degrowth, to having Jason on and Aaron 'agreeing with everything' in Less is More
Jason Hickel is fantastic, great @novaramedia.com interviewed him.
The richest countries in the world cannot guarantee food security for their own citizens; something is seriously wrong with the 'economic growth' policies of the centrist right.
Degrowth is the answer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjlq...
The richest countries in the world cannot guarantee food security for their own citizens; something is seriously wrong with the 'economic growth' policies of the centrist right.
Degrowth is the answer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjlq...
Our Addiction To Growth Will Lead To Civilisational COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Jason Hickel
YouTube video by Novara Media
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
About time. Seems like Novara have been on a journey over the years - from ridiculing degrowth, to having Jason on and Aaron 'agreeing with everything' in Less is More
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As the degrowth.info collective, we fully endorse the statement and urge the wider degrowth community and aligned friends and colleagues to do the same and unite behind its calls to action. Read full statement at our website👇
#freePalestine
#freePalestine
On Palestine
We stand in unconditional solidarity with Palestine and with the liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian people. Because their freedom is bound up with the freedom and survival of all oppressed pe...
degrowth.info
September 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As the degrowth.info collective, we fully endorse the statement and urge the wider degrowth community and aligned friends and colleagues to do the same and unite behind its calls to action. Read full statement at our website👇
#freePalestine
#freePalestine
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THE most important thing, bar none, you need to understand about Israel bombing hospitals, killing journalists and double-tapping rescue workers is that it's been happening for almost 2 years straight with not a single Western media outlet giving a single fuck.
Here are the 270 journalists and media workers killed by Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza
They bravely reported from the frontline.
Heroes each and every one.
They bravely reported from the frontline.
Heroes each and every one.
August 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
THE most important thing, bar none, you need to understand about Israel bombing hospitals, killing journalists and double-tapping rescue workers is that it's been happening for almost 2 years straight with not a single Western media outlet giving a single fuck.
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Two of our members went to Oslo for the 2025 International Degrowth Conference and got back with some keen reflections about it. Between experimental cabarets, productive tensions, and debates on delinking, the conference raised urgent questions: how do we build genuinely just postgrowth futures?
Convivial rants and cabaret: reflecting on the 2025 International Degrowth Conference
Members of the degrowth.info collective offer some reflections on the 2025 International Degrowth Conference
degrowth.info
August 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Two of our members went to Oslo for the 2025 International Degrowth Conference and got back with some keen reflections about it. Between experimental cabarets, productive tensions, and debates on delinking, the conference raised urgent questions: how do we build genuinely just postgrowth futures?
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Join @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social and @greencb.bsky.social for the launch of our East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard 👇
📅Weds 10th September
⏰ 9am-10:30am BST / 4pm-5:30pm MYT / 5pm-6:30pm JST
🖥️ Zoom
➡️Find out more and register:
📅Weds 10th September
⏰ 9am-10:30am BST / 4pm-5:30pm MYT / 5pm-6:30pm JST
🖥️ Zoom
➡️Find out more and register:
East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard launch
Join us for the launch of the East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard: Wednesday 10th September 9am BST / 4pm MYT / 5pm JST.
bit.ly
August 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Join @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social and @greencb.bsky.social for the launch of our East and Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard 👇
📅Weds 10th September
⏰ 9am-10:30am BST / 4pm-5:30pm MYT / 5pm-6:30pm JST
🖥️ Zoom
➡️Find out more and register:
📅Weds 10th September
⏰ 9am-10:30am BST / 4pm-5:30pm MYT / 5pm-6:30pm JST
🖥️ Zoom
➡️Find out more and register:
We wrote a reflection on the 2025 International #Degrowth and Ecological Economics Conference, for those who want an insight into some of the goings on!
degrowth.info/en/blog/conv...
degrowth.info/en/blog/conv...
Convivial rants and cabaret: reflecting on the 2025 International Degrowth Conference
Members of the degrowth.info collective offer some reflections on the 2025 International Degrowth Conference
degrowth.info
August 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We wrote a reflection on the 2025 International #Degrowth and Ecological Economics Conference, for those who want an insight into some of the goings on!
degrowth.info/en/blog/conv...
degrowth.info/en/blog/conv...
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As tariffs and the dollar grab headlines once again, join us for our webinar 👇
'A World Beyond the Dollar? Making sense of a changing currency landscape' 💵
Register to join 👉 bit.ly/4ovRqbG
🗓️ Thurs 21st August
⏰ 6-7pm BST
🖥️ Zoom
'A World Beyond the Dollar? Making sense of a changing currency landscape' 💵
Register to join 👉 bit.ly/4ovRqbG
🗓️ Thurs 21st August
⏰ 6-7pm BST
🖥️ Zoom
A World Beyond the Dollar?
Making sense of a changing currency landscape with Positive Money Senior Researcher Alec Haglund
bit.ly
August 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As tariffs and the dollar grab headlines once again, join us for our webinar 👇
'A World Beyond the Dollar? Making sense of a changing currency landscape' 💵
Register to join 👉 bit.ly/4ovRqbG
🗓️ Thurs 21st August
⏰ 6-7pm BST
🖥️ Zoom
'A World Beyond the Dollar? Making sense of a changing currency landscape' 💵
Register to join 👉 bit.ly/4ovRqbG
🗓️ Thurs 21st August
⏰ 6-7pm BST
🖥️ Zoom
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Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him.
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
August 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him.
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
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“Degrowth is a gateway into socialist thought for the 21st century”
To mark the 5-year anniversary of his book, Less is More, @jasonhickel.bsky.social spoke to @andrewonearth.bsky.social for the first edition of the BREAK–DOWN newsletter
To mark the 5-year anniversary of his book, Less is More, @jasonhickel.bsky.social spoke to @andrewonearth.bsky.social for the first edition of the BREAK–DOWN newsletter
INTERVIEW with Jason Hickel: "Degrowth is a gateway into socialist thought for the 21st century"
The limits of liberal climate politics, Jason Hickel on the last five years of debating degrowth, and a glimpse into a the dawn of a 'new Arctic'
open.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
“Degrowth is a gateway into socialist thought for the 21st century”
To mark the 5-year anniversary of his book, Less is More, @jasonhickel.bsky.social spoke to @andrewonearth.bsky.social for the first edition of the BREAK–DOWN newsletter
To mark the 5-year anniversary of his book, Less is More, @jasonhickel.bsky.social spoke to @andrewonearth.bsky.social for the first edition of the BREAK–DOWN newsletter