Milena Buchs: Human Wellbeing, Degrowth & Just Society | #055

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In this episode, we talk about Capitalism, Degrowth and Human Wellbeing. We open with the technological development and increase in living standards the global north enjoyed over the past century. We then discuss the necessity of exploitative relationships under capitalism and we discuss individual gain, market relations and competition. We analyse why Capitalism cannot exist without constant growth and what alternatives we must take into consideration. You will learn about structural barriers for Degrowth and why it is so important to create new narratives that generate overarching wellbeing for society. You will her why Milena is hopeful and we define subjective and objective human wellbeing. We discuss localisation and decision making processes such as social participation. We evaluate the role of technology such as fusion energy and we discuss its limitations. We finish up today with concrete steps towards a transition on the way to a post-growth society.
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Links to topics and people discussed in this episode:
University of Southampton: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/
Sustainability Leeds University: https://sustainability.leeds.ac.uk/
Jason Hickel - Less is More: https://www.jasonhickel.org/less-is-more
David Harvey: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Harvey_(Geograph)
Planetary Boundaries: https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/planetary-boundaries.html
Lauderdale Paradox: https://monthlyreview.org/2009/11/01/the-paradox-of-wealth-capitalism-and-ecological-destruction/
Milena Buchs & Max Koch - Postgrowth and Wellbeing: http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/16470/1/225.pdf.pdf
Len Doyal & Ian Gogh - A theory of human needs: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/026101838400401002
Gabor Mate - Myth of Normal: https://drgabormate.com/book/the-myth-of-normal/ Wellbeing Economy Alliance: https://weall.org/wego
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro - Just Another Mindset Podcast
01:18 What we talked about today
02:59 Welcome Milena
06:56 Capitalism
14:23 Growth paradigm
28:14 Structural barriers for Degrowth
34:34 Systems need to change in sync and fast
42:32 Human Wellbeing
53:51 Need and Want satisfaction
01:00:12 Localisation and decision making
01:09:32 Social participation
01:14:37 The role of technology
01:21:43 Transition towards Post-Growth
01:26:12 A new system
01:31:08 Final questions
01:42:21 Outro - Just Another Mindset
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