Jason Hickel

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Jason Hickel is an economic anthropologist and author whose work focuses on global inequality, development, ecological economics, and degrowth. He is best known for The Divide and Less Is More, books that have shaped debates on poverty, capitalism, and sustainability and are widely discussed in academic and public policy circles.

経歴と著者の歩み

Jason Hickel’s work grew out of a biography unusually close to the questions he would later study. Raised in Eswatini, he went on to study anthropology at Wheaton College, earning his bachelor’s degree in 2004, and then completed an MA and PhD in anthropology at the University of Virginia. His doctoral research focused on moral order and political conflict in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and that line of inquiry shaped his first major book, Democracy as Death, a study of anti-liberal politics, colonial histories, and labor struggle in South Africa. ((https://news.virginia.edu/content/student-led-forum-helps-meet-increased-interest-african-studies?utm_source=openai))

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The changes we need are not reformist but revolutionary
-New Afterword for The Divide
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There is no necessary contradiction between ecological and social objectives. The two can and must be pursued together
-Universal public services: the power of decommodifying survival
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The notion of budget constraints has been revealed as a myth
-Degrowth and MMT: A thought experiment
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GDP is an outcome, not a dial to be turned down
-The fallacies of GDP reductionism: A response to Warlenius
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Degrowth calls for a different kind of economy altogether: one that doesn’t require growth in the first place
-A Response to McAfee: No, the "Environmental Kuznets Curve" won't save us
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The poor don’t need charity, what they need is justice
-The scandal of British aid
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It’s the welfare purchasing power of income that counts
-Degrowth: A response to Branko Milanovic
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Growth is ultimately a kind of propaganda term
-A response to Pollin and Chomsky: We need a Green New Deal without growth

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"Jason Hickel turns growth and development inside out with a radically possible post-growth vision"

Kate Raworth

"Jason Hickel dispels ecomodernist fantasies of green growth"

Giorgos Kallis

"With passion and panache, Jason Hickel tells a very different story of why poverty exists"

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"Jason Hickel shows how the drive to increase GDP fueled ecological crisis and why degrowth is essential"

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"Jason Hickel takes us on a profound journey through 500 years of capitalism and ecological collapse"

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"Jason Hickel tears apart the destructive myths surrounding global inequality"

Raoul Martinez

"Jason Hickel shows that recovering the commons and decolonizing nature are necessary for a common future"

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"Jason Hickel shakes up the prevailing paradigm of development at its root"

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