Economics

Sofia Avila and Brototi Roy write the lambasting text which should catch the attention of all economists, because they are grabbing the focus of policy-makers, questioning the viability of a global approach that does not take into consideration the Global-South and multiverse of economics that asks “who enjoys an imperial mode of living, where and what are the ecological economic processes of unequal exchange that sustain it?” This is the new wave of ecological economics’ concern in the 2020’s.  Discussion of economics from the ecological point of view (including the Green New Deal discussion) have imperialist assumptions, and “the new agenda ‘from the margins’ should thus include different theoretical and epistemological traditions [. . .] that go beyond Eurocentric liberal discourses, and engage with the pluriverse of alternatives” have been developing and flourishing in these times and have the eye of policy-makers on them.  So, no matter what the theoretical position one takes in economics the question of “what sort of post-growth policies can work in the Global South, and under what conditions?” holds the grip as the real notion at stake in the 2020’s. The work that is done from the margins to the center, better yet, from the margins period, has the most potential to influence the process of policy-making.  Indeed, we are seeing how present things are written into law and measures of enforcement are taken to ensure their success; as we discuss this matter, the wheels are grinding-out moves in the government of the US.