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Tag Archives: inequality
Where is Inequality Headed?
The European Union (EU) was created from a desire for peace and prosperity after the carnage of World War II. It all began with the formation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 which aimed to unify and … Continue reading
Posted in Democratic Accountability, Economic Justice, Human Rights
Tagged Christine Lagarde, cooperation, Disparity, economic crisis, economic growth, economics, equality, European Trade Union Confederation, European Trade Union Institute, European Union (EU), Germany, inequality, International Monetary Fund (IMF), oppressed, poverty, QCEA, Quaker Faith and Practice, Social justice, Tony Atkinson, trade unions
On the occasion of World Water Day – a thought-provoking event in the European Parliament
Alexandra Thein, MEP from the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and Margarete Auken, MEP from the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance co-hosted the screening of a film: Our water, their water made by French film … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Justice, Peace
Tagged inequality, Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Sustainability, Water, Water scarcity, World Water Day 2012
How to Switch from Jobless Growth to Growthless Jobs? A Citizen’s Controversy Debate.
Europe is struggling. Since 2008 the European Union and its twenty-seven Member State governments have been under ever-increasing pressure to pull the continent out of its economic slump. Alongside this there have been endless remedies for how exactly this can … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Justice
Tagged economic growth, education, inequality, unemployment
New Briefing Paper: Poverty, Inequality and Climate Change – Challenges on the road to sustainable energy security, in Europe and beyond
QCEA’s conception of Sustainable Energy Security involves social, economic and ecological sustainability. It also recognizes that promoting the EU’s short term energy security, at any cost, will undermine its long time security in all senses: by further marginalizing the global … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainable Energy Security
Tagged Climate change, Conflict, developed countries, economic growth, EcoQuakers Ireland, Energy, Global South, inequality, International Alert, international development, Living Witness Project (LWP), Migration, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Northern Friends Peace Board, Oxford Research Group, Peacebuilding, poverty, Quaker Pea, Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), Quakernomics, sustainable development, sustainable security
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Neo-liberal growth-based economics: Bad for the climate, great for inequality?
In QCEA’s recent discussion paper, “Sustainable Growth or Growth vs. Sustainability – Examining the relationships between resource use, climate emissions and economic growth”, the purpose of economic growth is questioned. One of the core assumptions of the neo-liberal free market … Continue reading
New Discussion Paper: Sustainable Growth or Growth vs. Sustainability
QCEA has just published a discussion paper which examines the relationships between resource use, climate emissions and economic growth. “Sustainable Growth or Growth vs. Sustainability” is intended to stimulate discussion and debate on how our economic system relates to the … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Justice, Sustainable Energy Security
Tagged Climate change, Conflict, De-coupling, ecological space, economic growth, energy security, finite resources, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inequality, injustice, poverty, precautionary principle, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Resource consumption, Sustainability, technology
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