capitalism
-
Marie Kondo made us get rid of everything. Now she’s selling us crystals.
The point, apparently, was not to reduce, but to replace.
-
Can capitalism, conservation, and cosmopolitanism coexist? Here’s what I learned.
Evidence suggests that there is not just a moral, but a practical imperative to fight poverty.
-
Charles Koch finds a lot of things scary — except climate change
The 80-year-old billionaire says the climate is changing "in a mild and manageable way."
-
The Powerball is up to $1.4 billion. Here’s how we’d spend it
We could -- not to be too dramatic about it -- save the world. Or at least make it slightly less terrible.
-
Check out an exclusive clip from Naomi Klein’s new documentary film “This Changes Everything”
Grist brings you a sneak peak at the forthcoming documentary based on Naomi Klein's book.
-
Karl Ove Knausgaard is just as depressed by empty American consumerism as you are!
In the most recent installment of this series, Knausgaard briefly and grimly decries colonialism -- with some degrowth undertones.
-
DIY soap meets big economic ideas at Degrowth 2014
A rad conference in Germany explores degrowth, a movement that's all about producing and consuming less for our well-being and the planet's. Prost!
-
Americans like nature so much they spend more on outdoor recreation than on gas
An outdoors industry association says that we spend about $646 billion dollars every year on apparel, equipment, accessories, food, transportation, lodging and so forth.
-
Multinational food companies sell everything, from polo shirts to tampons
Imagine that this past weekend, you went out in New York City and bought a new pair of fancy Diesel Jeans. Then, because you were feeling good, you indulged in a KitKat bar. You forgot your reusable water bottle at home, so you bought a bottle of Poland Spring. On the way home, you stopped […]