PRESS REVIEW: “Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era”

Last Updated on 10/01/2017

  1. Book reviews
  2. Our articles in the Press
  3. Interviews
  4. Articles in the Press
  5. Videos

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1) Book reviews, both in academic journals and in the press

Leslie Sklair (2016) Book review. The British Journal of Sociology 67(1): 168-170. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.12181/full

Ekaterina Chertkovskaya (2016) The post-growth economy needs a degrowth vocabulary! Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization. http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/post-growth-economy-needs-degrowth-vocabulary

Brototi Roy (2016) Book review. Antipode https://radicalantipode.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/book-review_roy-on-dalisa-et-al.pdf

Panos Petridis (2016) Book review. International Development Planning Review 38 (3): 339-345. http://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3828/idpr.2016.19

Jaime Cimenti (23/12/2017) O debate pós-crescimento. Jornal do Comércio. http://jcrs.uol.com.br/_conteudo/2016/12/colunas/livros/537759-o-debate-pos-crescimento.html

Bernard Marszalek (2016) Degrowth and its Discontents. Ztangi Press. Available at: http://www.ztangi.org/degrowth-and-its-discontents-part-one/

Daniel Hernández Baldó (13/09/2016) El imperfecto manual sobre cómo vivir bien con menos. Fuego Amigo. http://fuegoamigo.es/reportaje/imperfecto-manual-vivir-bien-con-menos-decrecimiento/

Von Felix Ekardt (17/07/2016) Weltretter wider das Wachstum. Süddeutsche Zeitung. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/oekonomie-weltretter-wider-das-wachstum-1.3080158

Bernd Hüttner (19/06/2016) Durchwachsen – das neue Degrowth-Lexikon. Who owns the world. http://www.who-owns-the-world.org/2016/06/10/durchwachsen-das-neue-degrowth-lexikon/

Walter Lotens (07/04/2016) Ontgroei: een vocabulaire voor een nieuw tijdperk. De Wereld Morgen Be. Available at: http://www.dewereldmorgen.be/artikel/2016/04/07/ontgroei-een-vocabulaire-voor-een-nieuw-tijdperk?fb_action_ids=10154812079984126&fb_action_types=og.likes

Jonas Weyrosta (09/03/2016) Eine Bibel für die Kritiker des Wachstums

Hans Beerends (2016) Ontgroei als antwoord op economische groei. Ravage Webzine. http://www.ravage-webzine.nl/2016/03/02/ontgroei-als-antwoord-op-economische-groei/

Vinod Vyasulu (2016) Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era, edited by Giacomo D’Alisa, Federico Demaria and Giorgos Kallis, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, New York and London, 2015. The International Journal on Green Growth and Development. https://bookstore.teri.res.in/journals/2349-1892

Nandan Nawn (05/12/2015) Downscaling of Economic System. Economic and Political Weekly Vol – L No. 49. Available at: http://www.epw.in/book-reviews/downscaling-economic-system.html

Marc Belpois (16/11/2015) Décroissance. Telerama. http://www.telerama.fr/livres/decroissance,134263.php

Ladislav Hohoš (12/10/2015) NONRAST ako nová politická ekonómia. Nova Slovo (Slovakia). Available at: http://www.noveslovo.sk/c/NONRAST_ako_nova_politicka_ekonomia The author is a Slovak neo-Marxist philosopher and futurologist.

Sudhirendar Sharma (29/06/2015) Will everyone get a Ferrari one day?. Anthem EnviroExperts Review. Available at: http://www.anthemenviroexperts.com/?p=843

Carlos Fresneda (03/05/2015) ¿Decrecemos? El Mundo http://www.elmundo.es/economia/2015/05/03/55462e6e22601d89438b4587.html

Mark Hand (13/04/2015) Turning an Elephant into a Snail: Degrowthers Challenge Supremacy of Economic Growth. Counter Punch http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/04/13/degrowthers-challenge-supremacy-of-economic-growth/

Brian Davey (14/01/2015) Brian Davey responds to Giorgos Kallis on degrowth http://www.feasta.org/2015/01/14/brian-davey-responds-to-giorgos-kallis-on-degrowth/

Brian Davey (18/12/2014). Review of the book “Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era: Review”. Feasta http://www.feasta.org/2014/12/18/degrowth-a-vocabulary-for-a-new-era-review/

Giorgos Kallis (18/12/2014) Response by Giorgos Kallis to Brian Davey’s review of Degrowth http://www.feasta.org/2014/12/22/response-by-giorgos-kallis-to-brian-daveys-review-of-degrowth/

Justin Hyatt (22/09/2014) Only the Crazy and Economists Believe Growth is Endless. Inter Press Service. http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/09/only-the-crazy-and-economists-believe-growth-is-endless/

2) Articles in the Press by editors and authors

EDITORS

Demaria, Federico (2017) When Degrowth enters the parliament. The Ecologist

Demaria, Federico (20/07/2015) ¿Una prosperidad sin crecimiento? ¡Sí, se puede!. La Vanguardia.

http://www.lavanguardia.com/natural/opinion-analisis/20150714/54433894084/decrecimiento-una-prosperidad-sin-crecimiento-si-se-puede.html

탈성장 대안

http://igt.or.kr/index.php?mid=abroad&document_srl=52495&ckattempt=2

(The Degrowth Alternative, GTI by Giorgos Kallis into Korean)

Kallis, Giorgos (20/06/2015) Barcelona en Comú y la innovación social. Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.es/giorgos-kallis/barcelona-en-comu-y-la-innovacion_b_7612882.htm

Federrico Demaria (15/05/2015) “Their recession is not our degrowth!” New Internationalist. http://newint.org/blog/2015/05/14/degrowth-federico-demaria/

Giacomo D’Alisa, Giorgos Kallis and Federico Demaria. Degrowth: A language for a new economic era. Adbusters 119. https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/119/degrowth.html

Giorgos Kallis and Research & Degrowth (13/03/2015) Kein Wachstum – und doch gut leben. De Standard (Austria) http://derstandard.at/2000012909974/Kein-Wachstum-und-doch-gut-leben

Giorgos Kallis and Research & Degrowth (17/02/2015). Dix propositions pour prospérer sans croissance. Libération http://www.liberation.fr/economie/2015/02/16/dix-propositions-pour-prosperer-sans-croissance_1203885

Giorgos Kallis (February 2015) How can we create a successful economy without continuous economic growth? Living simply, together. Center for Humans and Nature http://www.humansandnature.org/economy—giorgos-kallis-response-37.php

Giorgos Kallis (February 2015) The Degrowth Alternative. The Great Transition. http://www.greattransition.org/publication/the-degrowth-alternative

Federico Demaria (18/01/2015) El decrecimiento: una salida al estancamiento sistémico. Huffington Post (Spain) http://www.huffingtonpost.es/federico-demaria/el-decrecimiento-una_b_6485822.html?utm_hp_ref=spain&ir=Spain&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Giorgos Kallis and Research & Degrowth (07/01/2015) Yes, we can prosper without growth. http://www.thepressproject.net/article/71088/Yes-we-can-prosper-without-growth-VIDEO

NB This article has received a lot of attention and will be translated into many languages. It has also received the endorsement of naomi Klein who reposted in her blog and wrote on Twitter and Facebook “Excellent de-growth policy ideas from @g_kallis and @R_Degrowth: http://t.co/MuUtijLEDw. Draws on recent book: http://t.co/EAFfUsN9mm

Giorgos Kallis (15/01/2015) Podemos party’s plan to ‘stimulate consumption’ needs more ambition. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jan/15/spain-podemos-should-further

Giorgos Kallis (28/12/2014) La estrategia económica de Podemos va en la buena dirección pero puede, y debe, ir más allá. Sin Permiso http://www.sinpermiso.info/textos/index.php?id=7601

Giorgos Kallis and Research & Degrowth (14/12/2014) Si podemos decrecer. Eldiario.es http://www.eldiario.es/ultima-llamada/Decrecimiento-programa_economico_Podemos_6_334276588.html

Giorgos Kallis and Research & Degrowth (04/12/2014) Malentendiendo el significado de decrecimiento. Publico.es http://blogs.publico.es/otrasmiradas/3239/malentendiendo-el-significado-de-decrecimiento/

Giorgos Kallis (01/12/2014) Por un nuevo sentido común decrecentista. Eldiario.es http://www.eldiario.es/ultima-llamada/Decrecimiento-limites-fin_del_capitalismo_6_330426966.html

Giorgos Kallis (27/11/2014) AirBnb: alquilar no es compartir. Diagonal https://www.diagonalperiodico.net/la-plaza/24836-airbnb-alquilar-no-es-compartir.html

Giorgos Kallis (24/10/2014) AirBnb is a rental economy, not a sharing economy. The Press Project http://www.thepressproject.net/article/68073/AirBnb-is-a-rental-economy-not-a-sharing-economy

AUTHORS

Fabrice Flipo (09/12/2015) COP21: l’urgence de la décroissance http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2015/12/09/cop21-l-urgence-de-la-decroissance_4828046_3232.html

Iago Otero (11/02/2015) Visca el decreixement! http://www.ara.cat/opinio/Visca-decreixement_0_1302469768.html. Diari Ara (Catalan)

NB Iago Otero is a co-author of the entry Back-to-the-landers

David Bollier (12/12/2014) Degrowth, the Book. http://bollier.org/blog/degrowth-book

Silke Helfrich (08/12/2014) The Commons at the Core of Degrowth. Commons Blog

https://commonsblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/the-commons-at-the-core-of-degrowth/

3) Interviews to editors and authors about the book

(07/11/2015) Fabrice Flipo interviewed about degrowth vocabulary at France Culture (French radio channel) http://www.franceculture.fr/emission-terre-a-terre-la-decroissance-1-2015-11-07

Carlos Fresneda (18/07/2015) El ABC del Decrecimiento. El Mundo (Interview to Giacomo D’Alisa). http://www.elmundo.es/economia/2015/07/18/55aa14bae2704ed6018b4570.html

Alex King (10/07/2015) How embracing degrowth could help Europe recover from economic and political crisis Huck Magazine (Interview to Federico Demaria) http://www.huckmagazine.com/perspectives/activism-2/embracing-degrowth-help-europe-recover-economic-political-crisis/

Julia Manresa (02/05/2015) Santi Vila flirteja amb la teoria del decreixement. Ara http://www.ara.cat/economia/Santi-Vila-flirteja-teoria-decreixement_0_1350464994.html

Federico Demaria talks about the book at National Flemish TV (VRT) http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/videozone/programmas/terzake/2.38654?video=1.2319790

Federico Demaria interviewed by Flemmish newspaper (Belgium) about degrowth vocabulary http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20150421_01641767

Federico Demaria interviewed by Dirk Holemans of Oikos.be in preparation for the conference Ecopolis. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWR5AFcd7x4&feature=youtu.be Transcript: http://oikos.be/component/k2/item/692-een-wereld-zonder-groei

Federico Demaria in Spanish National Television: Televisión Española, TVE2; Program: Para Todos la 2 http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/para-todos-la-2/para-todos-2-entrevista-federico-demaria-decrecimiento-vocabulario-para-nueva-era/2903958/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A38-LECQztQ

Giorgos Kallis: 1) How we understand degrowth; 2) Responses to common criticism to degrowth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJFpKqaNMs0

5) Articles about Degrowth

Christiane Kliemann (23/01/2015) Let’s face it: we have to choose between our economy and our future. The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jan/23/lets-face-it-we-have-to-make-the-choice-between-our-economy-and-our-future

Mark Buchanan (05/10/2014) Economists Are Blind to the Limits of Growth. Bloomberg http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-10-05/economists-are-blind-to-the-limits-of-growth

Sam Bliss (26/09/2014) DIY soap meets big economic ideas at Degrowth 2014. Grist http://grist.org/living/diy-soap-meets-big-economic-ideas-at-degrowth-2014/

Paul Krugman (18/09/2014) Errors and Emissions. Could Fighting Global Warming Be Cheap and Free? The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/opinion/paul-krugman-could-fighting-global-warming-be-cheap-and-free.html

Christiane Kliemann (01/08/2014) Can companies do better by doing less? The Guardia http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/aug/01/companies-degrowth-sustainable-business-doing-less

6) Videos

Degrowth Vocabulary mentioned in the Catalan Parliament by Santi Vila, Environment Minister (December 2014) http://www.parlament.cat/web/actualitat/canal-parlament/compartir-diferit?p_cp1=7273435&p_cp2=7274328

Sam Bliss (09/02/2015) Watch our juicy explainer about the environment’s growing economics problem. Grist http://grist.org/politics/watch-our-juicy-explainer-about-the-environments-growing-economics-problem/

See: https://vocabulary.degrowth.org/videos/