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Anthropologist & author • Writing in the Guardian, Foreign Policy, AJE • Post-development & political ecology • A world for the many, not the few

London / eSwatini
Joined September 2011

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    5 Sep 2017

    I joined Russell Brand on his podcast to talk about global inequality and how to solve it. Check it out here:

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  2. What do you think, could strikes by airline workers' unions play a role in getting countries to adopt high carbon taxes? It would be a powerful and highly symbolic leverage point.

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  3. Jan 4

    Nordhaus' model shows, absurdly, that even if global warming reaches 6C it will cost only 8.5% of GDP, and 19C will cost 50% of global GDP. Fact: a planet warmed by 6C will not support human civilization, and 19C will not support life.

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  4. Jan 4

    In case you missed it, Nordhaus used his Nobel Memorial Prize lecture to argue that global warming of of 3-4C is "optimal" from an economic perspective. This runs completely against the actual science. It is disturbing that the Nobel platform was used to propagate this view.

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  5. Jan 4

    This is a withering indictment of William Nordhaus' claims about climate change, by Bob Ward of the LSE Grantham Institute. Well worth a read. Two comments in thread below.

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  6. Jan 4

    So it turns out that reducing the corporate tax rate doesn't in fact reduce tax evasion, contra Trump and his stooges. The only thing that reduces tax evasion is... cracking down on tax evasion.

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  7. Jan 3

    Join me this month at Islington Town Hall to discuss Labour's vision for a more ecological economy. With and and other brilliant minds.

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  8. Jan 3

    I was thrilled to learn that this was Al Jazeera's most-read piece in 2018. It's a horrifying story that needs to be told, in these times more than ever.

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  9. Retweeted
    Jan 2

    if your NY resolution is to strengthen solidarity between climate and labour movements, then friend have I got the event for you. feat. and ! January 31st, 6:30pm, Islington Town Hall.

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  10. 31 Dec 2018

    Pondering in an age of climate breakdown? Here are three easy ones: 1) Switch your home (and workplace!) to a clean energy provider. 2) Liberate your diet from beef and lamb. 3) Move your money to a fossil-free bank (in the UK: Nationwide, Triodos, Co-Op).

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    31 Dec 2018

    This is pitch-perfect - and the bile being spewed against Corbyn and pro-Corbyn journalists by elite commentators is a sign they know a massive, radical redistribution of wealth & power is coming...

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    If you’re looking for a 2019 resolution, choosing to and skip air travel for climate reasons is a great one. Ask me, , , , , , how empowering can be. DM’s are open.

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  13. 29 Dec 2018

    I'm honoured that my critique of 's book "Edge of Chaos" in Africa is a Country was one of their top 10 posts of 2018.

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  15. 28 Dec 2018

    Interesting: around the world, people care much more about climate change than they do about the global economy.

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  16. 28 Dec 2018

    What do you say, - will you consider doing a Grist piece on ?

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  17. 28 Dec 2018

    Our planet doesn't need economic recession, which would offer only temporary reprieve on emissions while ruining lives in the process. It needs .

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  18. 26 Dec 2018

    People often say that the British "gave" India the railways. Fact: Britain actually prevented Indians from manufacturing their own locomotives so that India would be a captive market for British-made ones.

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  19. 26 Dec 2018

    David Fleming on growthism: "Civilisations self-destruct anyway, but none has done so with such enthusiasm, in obedience to such an acutely absurd superstition, while claiming with such insistence that they were beyond being seduced by the irrational promises of religion."

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  20. 26 Dec 2018

    Check out the first few paragraphs here for some brilliant reflections on the contradictory legacy of the Enlightenment: growth vs reason.

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  21. Retweeted
    21 Dec 2018
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    "... our study suggests that there are many people who would be ready to discuss potential synergies and trade-offs between growth and the environment. This should encourage policy makers and other societal actors to open up the public and political debate."

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