Based on new archival sources, Freedom for Capital, Not People tells the story of how the Mont P�lerin Society transformed the world economy. Founded in 1947 by economist Friedrich von Hayek, by the turn of the 1970s the society commanded influence at the highest levels of international monetary policy - with debates sparked by Hayek, Milton Friedman and Ludwig von Mises emigrating from the seminar room to the halls of power. The group's collective agenda, the result of years of f...

In modern society, economic growth is considered to be the primary goal pursued through policymaking. But when and how did this perception become widely adopted among social scientists, politicians and the general public? Focusing on the OECD, one of the least understood international organisations, Schmelzer offers the first transnational study to chart the history of growth discourses. He reveals how the pursuit of GDP growth emerged as a societal goal and the ways in which the methods e...

Economic growth isn't working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in the context of colonialism, fossil-fueled industrialization, and capitalist modernity, The Future Is Degrowth argues that the ideology of growth conceals the rising inequalities and ecological destructions associated with capitalism, and points to desirable alternatives to it. Not only in society at large, but also on the left, we are held captive by the hegem...

Democratic planning allows us to effectively address the multiple crises of our time through cooperative modes of collective coordination. Given the destructive consequences of contemporary capitalism, such a structural alternative to market economies is needed more than ever.This accessible work examines various approaches that theorise, practise and nurture a creative construction towards varieties of democratic planning. Drawing from current socio-economic and ecological movemen...

Degrowth oder Postwachstum ist ein dynamisches Forschungsfeld und Bezugspunkt vielfältiger sozial-ökologischer Bewegungen. Postwachstum ist nicht nur eine grundlegende Kritik an der Hegemonie des Wirtschaftswachstums. Es ist auch eine Vision für eine andere Gesellschaft, die angesichts von Klimawandel und globaler Ungleichheit Pfade für grundlegende Gesellschaftsveränderung skizziert. Dieser Band macht erstmals den Versuch einer systematischen Einführung. Er diskutiert die Geschichte von W...

Dobbiamo liberarci dall'economia capitalista. La decrescita è lo strumento per dare un futuro alla nostra specie. La crescita economica non funziona e non può funzionare. Offrendo una contro-storia di come la crescita economica sia emersa nel contesto del colonialismo, dell'industrializzazione a combustibili fossili e della modernità capitalista, Il futuro è decrescita sostiene che l'ideologia della crescita nasconde le crescenti disuguaglianze e le distruzioni ambientali associate al capi...

Economic growth isn't working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in the context of colonialism, fossil-fueled industrialization, and capitalist modernity, The Future Is Degrowth argues that the ideology of growth conceals the rising inequalities and ecological destructions associated with capitalism, and points to desirable alternatives to it.Not only in society at large, but also on the left, we are held captive by th...

The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the twenty-first century. Alarmed by declining growth rates in industrialized countries, climate change, and rising socio-economic inequalities, among other challenges, more and more people demand to look for alternatives beyond growth. However, so far these current debates about sustainability, post-growth or degrowth lack a thorough historical perspective.This edited volume brings together original contributions on...

This book explores the history of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its place within capitalist development. Since 1948, the OECD and its forerunner, the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) worked on almost every subject of interest to national governments ranging from economic growth to education (PISA rankings), statistics, to the environment. With varying success the OEEC/OECD thus played a key role as a warden of the West and of cap...