A groundbreaking exploration of the best possible solution to the climate crisis- a new economic model, and a new way of viewing our relationship with the natural world.
Jason Hickel is an economic anthropologist, Fulbright Scholar and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is originally from Eswatini (Swaziland) and spent a number of years with migrant workers in South Africa, writing about exploitation and political resistance in the wake of apartheid. He has authored three books, including most recently The Divide- A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions. He writes regularly for the Guardian, Al Jazeera and Foreign Policy, serves as an advisor for the Green New Deal for Europe and sits on the Lancet Commission for Reparations and Redistributive Justice. He lives in London.
Jason is able to personalise the global and swarm the mind with
ideas ... Heed his beautifully rendered warning.
*Russell Brand*
A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times. Jason Hickel
takes all we've been been told about growth and development and
turns it inside out, offering instead a radically possible vision
of a post-growth future. If you're looking for transformative
ideas, this book is for you.
*Kate Raworth, economist and author of Doughnut Economics*
A masterpiece pulling together the ecological disaster wake-up call
from The Uninhabitable Earth, the economic enlightenment from
Piketty's Capital, and the colonial history from Jason's own The
Divide. Just ace.
*David Heinemeier Hansson*
Eye-opening and passionate, Jason Hickel shows how the insatiable
drive to increase GDP has caused the ecological crisis, reveals the
historical and colonial roots of capitalism and argues that an
ecologically sensitive economic based on 'degrowth' is essential
for us to flourish.
*New Scientist*
A masterpiece... Less is More covers centuries and continents,
spans academic disciplines, and connects contemporary and ancient
events in a way which cannot be put down until it's finished. So
much needs to change; although beginning that change might require
nothing more than asking the right question.
*Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography, University of Oxford*
This is a book we have all been waiting for. Jason Hickel dispels
ecomodernist fantasies of 'green growth'. Only degrowth can avoid
climate breakdown. The facts are indisputable and they are in this
book.
*Giorgos Kallis, Professor of Ecological Economics and author of
Degrowth*
Jason Hickel shows that recovering the commons and decolonizing
nature, cultures, and humanity are necessary conditions for hope of
a common future in our common home. By extracting less we leave
more for other species, other people and future generations, thus
creating well-being for all. In an ecologically interconnected
world, less is more.
*Vandana Shiva, philosopher of physics and author of Making Peace
with the Earth*
Jason Hickel takes us on a profound journey through the last 500
years of capitalism and into the current crisis of ecological
collapse. He lays out how we can transition to a post-capitalist
economy, but also reminds us that there are other ways of knowing
and being that hold the secret to a better world. Less is More is
required reading for anyone interested in what it means to live in
the Anthropocene, and what we can do about it.
*Alnoor Ladha, co-founder of The Rules*
This riveting offering explores a world that has finally woken up
to the reality of climate change and ecological collapse. Arguing
that a change of thinking is desperately needed, he charts a path
to a post-capitalist world and an economy that is more just, caring
and fun.
*The Sunday Post*
A restorative and invigorating read for troubled times, Hickel
inspires hope that there is in fact a different way to approach
life and society. The global pandemic has made us realise we don't
need to go back to the way it was, and this book offers up a vision
of the future that we should aspire to. A must read for anyone sick
of the egregious ills of the present day.
*Wicked Leeks*
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