Jason Hickel

  • Radical action

    During the past several years it has become clear that the international climate negotiations are failing to address the climate crisis. Existing...

  • Climate breakdown

    Who is responsible for climate breakdown? This question has triggered heated debate for several decades now, as the politicians of powerful...

  • Decolonise the IMF

    Most people assume that inequality between the global South and the global North has been declining over the past few decades. After all,...

  • The dark side

    Scandinavians have it all. Universal public healthcare and education that is the envy of the world. Reasonable working hours with plenty of paid...

  • The power of degrowth

    When orthodox economists first encounter the idea of degrowth, they often jump to the conclusion that the objective is to reduce GDP. And because...

  • Britain’s theft

    After the British Raj took over in 1847, colonisers added a special new twist to the tax-and-buy system. As the East India Company’s monopoly...

  • A post-growth economy

    The crowds of protesters that confronted US President Donald Trump during his visit to London last week have channelled the world’s outrage at all...

  • No tech fantasies

    Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when the ink dried on the Paris Agreement. Finally, we thought, the world’s leaders had committed themselves to...

  • The climate crisis

    Scientists tell us that on our present trajectory we have only a 5 percent chance of keeping global warming below the danger threshold of 2 degrees,...