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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
One of the most damaging myths about the global ecological crisis is that humans as such are responsible for it. In reality, the crisis is being driven by our particular economic system, capitalism, and is caused almost entirely by the States and corporations of the Global North (the imperial core), primarily to the benefit of their elites.
Humanity in this moment faces two major crises: one ecological, growing more acute with every planetary boundary passed; the other social, leading to deprivation and despair across the globe. An effective ecosocialist approach to these crises must aim to resolve both in a single stroke
A couple of economists have claimed that the world average income is $16 per day (PPP), and argue that there is not enough for everyone to live well, and so the only solution is to accelerate economic growth. This narrative is, however, hobbled by several empirical problems.
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