What the Economy of the Future Looks Like

Most of us are aware that our profit-driven, capitalist economy is driving our climate and ecological crises. But what are our alternatives? 

After all, there are so many to choose from: other market economies, the circular economy, the degrowth economy, the wellbeing economy, the solidarity economy, the gift economy... but the question is, which of these will make an ultimate solarpunk economy? 

Chapters: 

00:00 Introduction 

00:36 Capitalism and Markets 

05:59 The Circular Economy 

09:05 The Degrowth Economy 

12:22 The Solidarity Economy 

17:45 What would a solarpunk economy look like? 

Sources: Thumbnail: Scavenger's Reign 

Capitalism and Markets: Less is More - Jason Hickel https://www.jasonhickel.org/blog/2018/11/1/a-simple-solution-to-the-growthdegrowth-debate  

Caps Lock: How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape from it - Ruben Pater Various other sources on market socialism, etc The Circular Economy: https://ukgbc.org/our-work/topics/circular-economy/ 

 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/en/article/20151201STO05603/circular-economy-definition-importance-and-benefits 

 https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/topics/circular-economy-introduction/overview 

 https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/topics/finance/overview 

 https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/network/who-is-in-the-network  

The Degrowth Economy: Less is More - Jason Hickel https://degrowth.info/en/degrowth  

The Solidarity Economy: The Solidarity Economy: A Visual Guide - The Solidarity Economy Network https://solidarityeconomyprinciples.org/what-do-we-mean-by-solidarity-economy/  

Other: My brain! Various sources over the years including articles, social media, and discussions with friends and knowledgeable peeps (who I'm blessed to have a lot of in my life)

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