This chapter trains a spotlight on a hybrid collective made up of academics and activists involved in the development of new indicators of wealth, known in French as the Forum pour d’Autres Indicateurs de Richesse (FAIR). Some ten or so authors of studies critical of growth published in the...

"What happens to a society--and a planet--when capitalism outgrows democracy? The tensions between democracy and capitalism are longstanding, and they have been laid bare by the social effects of COVID-19. The narrative of "essential workers" has provided thin cover for the fact that society's...