Prosperity
TRUE PROSPERITY AND NEW METABOLISMS
Author / Creator: Mike Small
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2022
This is an outline of how we might situate degrowth in a history of alternative economics and regenerative movements, in the context of brutal new scientific and socio-economic realities. What does ‘true prosperity’ look like in times of socio-ecological crisis?
Exclusive: research shows Scotland would have benefitted more from independence than devolution
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Date published: 2021
Many countries have shown great success after independence, particularly in terms of GDP growth and developing their own currency. Overall, it can be suggested that full independence would have contributed to greater GDP growth for Scotland than devolution.
Beyond GDP: here’s a better way to measure people’s prosperity
Author / Creator: Henrietta Moore
Media type: News Media
Date published:
Rather than the outmoded measures of growth, productidvity and income, research indentified 15 headline indicators - a prosperity index - that reflect the actual experience of well being and security for people.