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Book reviews

Book review: The Ministry for the Future

The Ministry for the Future by acclaimed science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson came out in 2020 when the world was still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. The book has since won multiple awards and won a whole new readership for Robinson, including world leaders and climate activists who normally don’t have time for sci-fi as the world careens towards an all too real catastrophe. According to the cover blurb, it was one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2020.

Book reviews

Exploring growth, degrowth and wellbeing economy

What is economic growth? Degrowth has become a buzzword of recent years. As we face the prospect of climate catastrophe and breaching of planetary boundaries, many people see the centrality of economic growth in our societies as the root cause of these problems, as well as the main impediment to solving them. If the pursuit of economic growth is pushing us to the precipice, is rejecting growth the answer? Or can we successfully recalibrate the growth paradigm instead?