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Assessing public support for degrowth: survey-based experimental and predictive studies
Contrary to concerns from politicians and commentators that degrowth is broadly unpopular, the core degrowth proposal received substantial support from UK and US participants in this study, regardless...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Why Some Cuisines Are More Expensive Than Others: A Theory
The future is high-end Chinese food.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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A Mind Without A Brain: The Science Of Plant Intelligence Takes Root
Gagliano and other plant biologists have sparked a debate about our natural world that mirrors a contentious debate in artificial intelligence: can conscious intelligence be recognized outside the tra...
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October 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Is it possible to achieve a good life for all within planetary boundaries?
The safe and just space framework devised by Raworth calls for the world’s nations to achieve key minimum thresholds in social welfare while remaining within planetary boundaries. Using data on soc...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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The subjective well-being political paradox: happy welfare states and unhappy liberals - PubMed
Political scientists traditionally have analyzed the effect of politics on subjective well-being (SWB) at the collective level, finding that more liberal countries report greater SWB. Conversely, psyc...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Productivity and work in the ‘green economy’: Some theoretical reflections and empirical tests
This paper explores the concept of productivity in post-growth economies. It defines the ‘productivity trap’ that arises from the systematic pursuit o…
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October 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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The new shock doctrine: ‘Doing Business’ with the World Bank
A yearly World Bank report encourages countries to undertake extreme deregulation.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This Andrew Marantz piece is so good (and so chilling). Be sure to read it, in this week’s @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy?
Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
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April 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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More detail on one historical case here: www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
The Confessions of a 'Premature Anti-Fascist'
I first heard the remarkable phrase "premature anti-Fascist" in 1946 when, fresh out of the U.S.
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April 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Here’s a quick roundup of highlights from research we published in 2024, on unequal exchange, ecosocialism, and post-capitalist transformation.

As always, free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵
January 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Why You’ve Never Been In A Plane Crash—Asterisk
The United States leads the world in airline safety. That’s because of the way we assign blame when accidents do happen.
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February 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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The small Colorado company Entabeni Systems is quietly working to upend the ski industry with a business model built on handshake deals made in ski resort parking lots.
Can Tech Save Small Ski Resorts From Extinction?
The small Colorado company Entabeni Systems is quietly working to upend the ski industry with a business model built on handshake deals made in ski resort parking lots.
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February 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM