Time to Push for a People- and Planet-centred Economy!
During the last 50 years, governments have given capitalism free reigns and pursued economic growth at any cost and impact. This has resulted in quick economic development, in particular in the Global North, but also very high climate and environmental impacts, especially in the Global South.
Our neoliberally super-charged greed- and growth-driven capitalist economy is now accelerating the triple planetary crisis and increasing inequalities to an extent that we must chart a new course to a people- and planet centred economy, where we focus on sufficiency and wellbeing for all, cooperate for the common good and prioritise social outcomes over private profits.
This, for us and the planet so urgent and important shift will require leaders to take action on many fronts and all of us to become change makers, as further outlined in this TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZqLdVqGs7k.
So, are we up to this challenge, or will we continue to let greed-driven corporations and technoligarchs, and their corrupt politician friends, exploit both the planet and the people for increased profits and wealth hoarding?