1/9. 'Growth’ the mantra of Britain’s new Labour government, is fundamental to orthodox economics & the bête noire of Greens. In an article for Carnegie Endowment Fund, I explain it is not just a flawed measure, but the wrong measure. carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/… 2. The adoption of policies for exponential ‘growth’ in the 60s marks an important stage in the development of today’s system of global economic governance, with continuous “growth” facilitated by financial deregulation and capital mobility.

This is a thread of the speech I gave to the 'Beyond Growth' conference in the European Parliament on 17th May, 2023.... Thanks are due to MEP Phillipe Lamberts, and the 20 MEPs – from all political parties, including the EPP that organised the event, and their excellent staff teams.

Thanks are also due to the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen for her support for the conference.

Listening to an old friend Vandana Shiva at #BeyondGrowth in EU Parliament.. "The ecological problem began with the colonial problem..All the land of India was turned into a commodity . 60 million died .. Colonialism was 'nature based'..." she says Vandana criticises John Locke - on money and investment... "the currency of money that is extinguishing life.."

Thread: This budget represents a putsch by the undemocratic extreme right wing of the Tory Party...Truss and co have no electoral mandate. Note: not the Plan for Growth (2013) or Build Back Better: Our Plan for Growth (2021).