The pandemic gripping the world has put Capitalism back into one of it's classic cardiac arrests. With economies slowing to a sclerotic trundle across the globe and great recessions on the horizon is there a better way to organize ourselves? This week we are joined by Mark Burton from Steady State Manchester to discuss the limits of Growth, how Climate Breakdown and Growth interlock and how Degrowth can save us from disaster capitalism.

Degrowth UK

‍https://degrowthuk.org/‍

Steady State Manchester

‍https://steadystatemanchester.net/

‍Degrowth VS the Green New Deal

‍https://steadystatemanchester.net/2019/09/12/six-problems-for-green-deals/

‍Degrowth Conference2020

‍http://www.confercare.manchester.ac.uk/events/degrowth2020/

*Extra reading**

‍Viable economy

‍‍https://steadystatemanchester.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/the-viable-economy-revision-for-2nd-edn-v2.4-final.pdf‍

‍Labour and Degrowth‍

‍http://renewal.org.uk/articles/degrowth-the-realistic-alternative-for-labour

‍Steady State Critique of The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework

‍https://steadystatemanchester.net/2020/03/12/imagining-an-alternative-future-for-greater-manchester/