PPT-How to Transform Capitalism? Can Low or Zero Growth be Achieved under Capitalism? Workshop:

G rowth be Achieved under Capitalism Workshop DeGrowth Zero Growth and or Green Growth Macroeconomic Implications of Ecological Constraints September 23 and 24 2021 Hansjörg Herr Berlin School . What is Capitalism?. Sometimes defined as “the free market” as opposed to the centrally controlled economy of the Socialist states of USSR, Soviet-bloc Eastern Europe, China, Cuba; not by . Graeber. Institutions, Evolution, Future. Introduction. DISCOVERING CAPITALISM. 1. . Distilling the essence. 2. . Social structure and individual motivation. 3. . Law and the state. 4. . Property, possession and contract. John Barry. Institute for a Sustainable World, . Queen’s University Belfast. Email: j.barry@qub.ac.uk. Context. Background to this presentation. Based on a forthcoming book. The . Politics of Actually Existing Unsustainability: Human Flourishing in a Climate Changed, Carbon Constrained World. Why is the world in economic chaos right now?. Because the experts on the economy are experts on a flawed model. Which ignores instability and assumes equilibrium. Which ignores money and debt and assumes away bubbles. Professor Craig Calhoun. Director and President. London School of Economics. Collapse?. Capitalism seems to be surviving a deep and still lingering global crisis. A longer period of depressed growth than the Great Depression. Alfred Kleinknecht, . Emeritus Professor of Economics. Fellow of WSI, Hans-Böckler-. Stiftung. , Düsseldorf. Unemployment is caused by . rigidities. that prevent the labour market to work as a real market: . world. John Barry. “. We are clearly now, living in a time of transition. Our stories are crumbling before our eyes, but we don’t have new ones which we are yet prepared to believe in....We can see humanity’s utter degradation of the rest of nature, but we don’t know how to stop doing it – or rather, we know exactly how to stop doing it but we are not prepared to even contemplate making the changes necessary, because they would break our stories open and leave them exposed to the wind. Simon Neaime. Professor of Economics and Finance. Director, Institute of Financial Economics. American University of Beirut. IFE-FEMISE Conference: Unlocking . the Potential of the Private Sector in South Med Countries, AUB, BEIRUT, 5. Jamal D. Harwood. London, UK. @. jamal_harwood. Financial Crisis of 2008 and today.... The greatest crisis since 1929. 5 Years after growth poor and much slower . recovery than 1929. Jobless recovery – built on debt. Professor of green political economy. Queens university Belfast. Green party councillor . Ards and north down council. Beyond Austerity and Beyond GDP Growth: Another Economy is Possible . Some . intellectual health and safety instructions. world. John Barry. “. We are clearly now, living in a time of transition. Our stories are crumbling before our eyes, but we don’t have new ones which we are yet prepared to believe in....We can see humanity’s utter degradation of the rest of nature, but we don’t know how to stop doing it – or rather, we know exactly how to stop doing it but we are not prepared to even contemplate making the changes necessary, because they would break our stories open and leave them exposed to the wind. Hunting-Gathering. 195,000 – 10,000 BC. . . Agricultural. . . . . Revolution. . ~. 10,000 BC . . . . Industrial . . . . Revolution. . . . as well as member and other partner countries This includes a dedicated programme that promotes green growth policies 30nance and investment in the Eastern Europe the Caucasus and Central Asia EECCA r Hon. Oluniyi Robin-Coker. Minister of Energy . Sierra Leone. Development Context. 10 years of civil war ended in 2002. Average annual GDP growth has reached 5–6% amid greatly improved security.. Population: 6 million.