Briefing: Managing the UK Economy in times of the Climate Emergency
This briefing describes how the UK economy functions based on the works of many non-mainstream economists. It dispels the current economic orthodoxy of fiscal rules and taming inflation, shows banking is key for a thriving economy, and gives different options for funding public spending.
Climate Emergency: Economics, Politics, Honesty
This Framing Paper by Jonathan Essex on behalf of Green House Think Tank outlines areas of focus for our forthcoming project. Green House is grappling with what this all means in practice and welcomes contributions and collaboration.
Politics, they say, is the art of the possible. But the possible is not fixed. What we believe is possible depends on our knowledge and beliefs about the world. Ideas can change the world, and Green House is about challenging the ideas that have created the world we live in now, and offering positive alternatives.
The problems we face are systemic, and so the changes we need to make are complex and interconnected. Many of the critical analyses and policy prescriptions that will be part of the new paradigm are already out there. Our aim is to communicate them more clearly, and more widely.
Can We Thrive Without Overheating the Planet? Lessons from Costa Rica and Uruguay
This article asks: is it possible to secure high levels of wellbeing while keeping emission levels within a fair and sustainable limit? It takes a global perspective, identifying countries that effectively support their citizen's wellbeing using significantly few resources.
The Great British Pension Fiasco
The Great British Pension Fiasco unearths the uncomfortable truth about the very institutions entrusted with safeguarding the UK’s financial stability. This is a tale of the failed governance that paved the road to more austerity, stalling the green transition and gutting social investment.
Briefing: Managing the UK Economy in times of the Climate Emergency
This briefing describes how the UK economy functions based on the works of many non-mainstream economists. It dispels the current economic orthodoxy of fiscal rules and taming inflation, shows banking is key for a thriving economy, and gives different options for funding public spending.
The Invisible Doctrine
João Craveiro reviews George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison's book, 'The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)'. A crucial read for anyone interested in political discourse, this book brings to light just how this ideology came to control cultural and economic discourse.
TV Series: I can't get you out of my head
Review of Adam Curtis TV Series 'I can't get you out of my head'. How did our society become this polarised? Why doesn't there appear to be a political route out of our predicament? It pulls out a thread of points which question the value of individualism, role of science and source of meaning.
Ultra Processed People
Peter Sims reviews Chris van Tulleken book 'Ultra Processed People' published 2023. He concludes with nine fundamental lessons, which apply much more widely than the food sector. The books follows the money, cuts through the controversy and there will be something in it that surprises everyone.
Changing the world with four MPs?
A response by John Foster to Rupert Read's piece on the Green Party's post-electoral options. It was presented to a fringe event at the Green Party Conference on 7th September 2024, at which Read also spoke.
Changing the world with four MPs?
Discussion Event with Rupert Read and John Foster chaired by Christina Coleman. Event is open to public and will take place at Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS, on Saturday 7th September at 3pm.
Invitation to Reflect post General Election
Green House Think Tank is currently compiling feedback on the ways that Greens approached the 2024 General Election in the context of our current ecological and social predicament.
Presentation: Why do green jobs plan need a different politics and economics?
Jonathan Essex speaks at the Greener Jobs Alliance AGM about why green jobs plans need different politics and economics.
Review of 'Why Climate Breakdown Matters' Book
Green House Core Group member John Foster reviews Rupert Read's new book for Cambridge University Press.
Geopolitics of Degrowth Interviews
Can a European Union that is the first to renounce economic growth still be a global player? This project initiates a conversation between critics of economic growth and progressive thinkers on foreign and security policy. Green House think tank collaborated as a partner to this project led by the Green
A Green Vision for English Devolution
Whilst recognising the limitations of the current system of English devolution, should the Green Party also take the opportunity to propose a radical alternative vision for devolution?
Embedding sustainability in the economics curriculum
Green House Core Group member Andrew Mearman has co-written a new version of a chapter in the Handbook for Economics Lecturers, created by the Economics Network.
Event: The Geopolitics of Degrowth
Join us in London or online on 17th Oct 2023 for another informative debate in our ongoing exploration of the geopolitics of a post-growth Europe!