The Growth Trap: How Endless Profit Keeps the Planet Burning
Article by Binbin MeiPhoto by: Lubna Badi. “Communism versus ‘Degrowth’: How to Combat the Climate Crisis.” The Communist, 28 Mar. 2025Wildfires are over our summers. Floods drown our winters. Droughts kill millions of our population. And despite these, the world’s...
Capitalism and Climate Change: One Feature of Human Progress in Life is the Destruction of the Earth
Article by Yan KouPhoto by Chirs LeBoutillier on UnsplashIs our planet still in good condition now? The planet that sustains human life has existed for billions of years and has remained intact throughout its long history. Yet since the Industrial Revolution, and...
Climate change: Are we beyond redemption?
Article by Frankie BleePhot by Aldward Castillo on UnsplashSince the Victorian era, the climate has changed drastically as a result of an increase in work in primary industries due to the Industrial Revolution, and the continued burning of fossil fuels has led to...
Industrial capitalism is killing our world
Article by Zohaib HussainPhoto by Stockholm Paris Studio on UnsplashSince its emergence between the 16th and 18th centuries, capitalism has proven to be one of the most significant systems in human society. This economic system initially evolved to generate widespread...
The Climate-Capitalism Paradox: When Economic Growth Threatens the Earth
Article by Nathan EllisPhoto by Mike Newbry on UnsplashClimate change is the most pressing issue the Earth faces today and as capitalism remains the predominant economic system in contemporary global society, the rate of climate change is accelerating. The issues...
Societal norms, Capitalism and climate: The silent paradox no one wants to talk about
Article by Alejandro EdenboroughPhoto by Wolfgang Weiser on UnsplashIt is not an uncommon idea amongst society today to view capitalism as a source of many of the bad things that are in the world. Evils such as slavery, exploitation of workers, mass wealth...
Neoliberalism: The Engine Powering the Age of Inequality
Article by Luca GrilloPhoto by Annie Spratt on UnsplashProponents of the new era of red-blooded capitalism promised neoliberalism would fuel efficiency, unleash the full potential of competitive markets, and make us all increasingly better off - but did they...
Inequality: a social ‘poison’ more hidden than poverty
Article by Jiayi Wang Photo by dreamstime.comWhen we talk about social issues, 'poverty' is often seen as the chief culprit. However, as Wilkinson and Pickett point out in The Spirit Level, in wealthy countries, the key determinant of social health and well-being is...
The price of prosperity: how inequality makes everyone worse off
Article by Grace WindsorPhoto by Jason Leung on UnsplashThe topic of inequality is a trend in the current world of economic news. With a seemingly black and white set of potential opinions on the subject, these perspectives tend to be based on whether macroeconomic...
“Inequality or Poverty? What Really Drives Social Problems Today”
Article by Yifei YanPhoto by Micha Lehmann on UnsplashWhen it comes to social problems, the first thing that many people think of is "poverty" - they think that as long as no one is starving, society will be stable. With the gradual improvement of social development...
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