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Posts by Matt Orsagh

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Making Degrowth Happen: The What, How, and Why for Climate Advocates · Luma Degrowth is an economic and social movement that aims to equitably transition our economy to a safe and steady state that operates within ecological limits…

I’ll be in Washington DC this Thursday during DC climate week. I, and a number of others will be speaking on “Making Degrowth Happen”. Come to learn more and participate in a spirited discussion. Details below:

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What the AMOC Shutdown Means for You. Or, What if Europe Turned into the Arctic?

Tell someone who doesn’t know about AMOC about AMOC shutting down and ask them what they plan to do when it does. #degrowth

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Investment Managers May Have a Duty to Not Kill Their Beneficiaries Radical, I know .

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Making Degrowth Happen: The What, How, and Why for Climate Advocates · Luma Degrowth is an economic and social movement that aims to equitably transition our economy to a safe and steady state that operates within ecological limits…

I will be speaking on Thursday April 23rd at DCU in Washington DC. Details and register below:

luma.com/vgvvy01j

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When Hubris is the Coin of the Realm, Your Society is Bankrupt Icarus wasn't a hero.

To save humanity, we just all need to become Cleveland sports fans. I know that is painful to hear, but it is the only way. #degrowth

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What did we learn here? Somebody didn't think this through.

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#degrowth

We can be held hostage by Iran closing the Strait now because we are told that they are taking away our freedom. No one can hold you hostage, if they are threatening to take away a freedom you don’t want.

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The Best Things in Life are Inefficient Why do we fight that to destroy ourselves?

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#degrowth

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People are Questioning Growth at Any Cost Better late than never.

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You Revere What You Value We revere animals more than women.

If you revere your mother in your house, but don’t revere her the moment she steps out of that house and becomes a woman in society, you don’t value her. #degrowth

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A Tale of Two Actuaries Apologies to Charles Dickens

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To change the paradigm, we would need to admit that just being one of millions of special things on Earth, and not the only special thing, is enough.

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Growth at All Costs It's a tad unhealthy.

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Growth at All Costs It's a tad unhealthy.

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How to Build a Degrowth Movement There are examples out there.

How a small European country is building its #degrowth movement.

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I recently had a great conversation with Garr Punnett of the Selling Circular podcast on #degrowth. We hope it is a great intro for people new to the concept. Youtube and Spotify links below.

YouTube: youtu.be/vYgqxNpfZ-Sp...: open.spotify.com/episode/089u...

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We Were Told This Was Coming But it has been very, very profitable … so it’s all good.

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Prosperity Within Limits Take these lies and make them true.

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Why We Tolerate a Culture of Dominance Because our culture requires it.

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Moving Beyond Capitalism There's the beginnings of a plan ...

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Here are a few ideas for starting to move beyond capitalism. What are your ideas?

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It's the Culture Stupid It's not the economy.

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Post-Growth Australia Podcast: By Disaster or Design: A Degrowth Answer to Finance with Matt Orsagh In this episode of Post Growth Australia Podcast, we welcome special guest Matt Orsagh, from the Arketa Institute for Post Growth Finance, and author of the blog ‘Degrowth is The Answer’. Matt and hi...

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Escape From Capitalism Apparently there is a guide for that.

Another great entry in the books challenging the status quo from Clara Mattei @FREE. #degrowth

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The Final Minsky Moment It's a matter of when, not if.

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The final Minsky moment comes when enough people in the markets realize that growth is a fantasy. That moment is when the lie of infinite growth on a finite planet becomes recognized by enough of the participants in the financial markets.

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World Leader Says GDP is Not Useful Who is going to go next?

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Love this episode. This was a great conversation to help people understand why we are where we are. Please do episode on #degrowth / ecological economics. Contact us at Arketa Institute to talk more about the "fetishization of growth" Jon mentions. Ourselves or others would love to speak to that.

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To Not Catch a Predator Morality is for suckers.

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Trump is mentioned in the Epstein files more than Jesus is in the Bible.
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Scotland Blazes a Post-Growth Trail The best thing out of Scotland since haggis. Admittedly, not a high bar.

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Our Civilization is a Junkie Is there a twelve-step program for that?

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What a Post-Growth Future Could Be Some people wrote a paper about it. Read it.

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Webinar on Post-Growth Pensions If you are so inclined, please join Arketa Institute for Post-Growth Finance, on February 4th for a discussion of our recent paper: ‘A Path to Post-Growth Pensions’.

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