Unconditional Autonomy Allowance and Degrowth – Vincent Liegey

The sustainability transition ecological economists urge would mean that we radically transform our economies and societies. Such a transformation is not without disruptions and therefore we need tools to make it just. Our guest today, Vincent Liegey argues that the Unconditional Autonomy Allowance, in which all citizens are provided with guarantees to a minimum sustenance without any conditionality is just the tool we need in Degrowth transitions. It not only mitigates the insecurities around the changes and starts the redistribution much needed for a just and sustainable world but also helps decolonising our imaginaries. Hosted by Alexandra Köves. Edited by Aidan Knox. For more written material on the subject, check out: http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=2871; http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=2742; http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=2745;  http://www.projet-decroissance.net/?p=2745 Find Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide book here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745342023/exploring-degrowth

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The world is on fire. We have to radically and rapidly transform every aspect of society to stay within 1.5 degrees of global warming. How is this possible? And how do we do this in a way that is fair? Ecological economists integrating ecological and critical social perspectives have long been working on ideas to bring about just sustainability transformations. This podcast aims at communicating these ideas in order to open them to critical discussion, from global problems to people’s everyday lives.