Capitalism Without Growth? • Hans Stegeman
Breaking down "post-growth" economics and the myths of green finance.
The Break—Down Podcast
After Overshoot • Andreas Malm
Breaking down the concept of "overshoot", the enduring power of fossil capital and the politics of geoengineering.
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Climate Change as Class War • Matt Huber
Breaking down the outcome of the US election, what “the working class” really means, and how to build broad-based support for climate action.
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Cycles of Extraction • Andrés Arauz
Breaking down Ecuador's ecological politics and the injustices baked into global economic institutions, from the IMF to ISDS.
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Reaping What We Sow • Sonali McDermid
Breaking down how we can feed the world without trashing the planet.
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Utopia and Crisis • Kim Stanley Robinson
Breaking down the power of science fiction to grapple with our gravest political challenges.
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Public Energy No. 1 • Chris Hayes, Melanie Brusseler
Breaking down how public ownership can transform our energy system, providing a faster and cheaper path to 100% clean energy.
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The End of Liberalism • Chris Shaw
If you follow The BREAK—DOWN, chances are you’re living in a political system that could be defined as “liberal”. But what does “liberalism” really mean? Is it about democracy? Free markets? The protection of individual freedom? Ask ten different people, and you’re likely to get ten different
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The Invisible Code of Capitalism • Katharina Pistor
Breaking down how the law structures the global economy, shelters corporations from accountability and stalls climate action.
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What Economics Gets Wrong About Climate Change • Ha-Joon Chang
Breaking down mainstream economic perspectives, and why our economics is ill-equipped for the challenge of climate and ecological crisis.
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In Pursuit of Climate Justice • Friederike Otto
Breaking down the uneven impacts of extreme weather, and how attribution science can help us hold major polluters to account in court.
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Oil, Palestine & Climate Crisis • Adam Hanieh
Adam Hanieh on the history of Palestine, oil and Western imperialism—and why Palestine and the climate movement demand mutual solidarity.