
Jennifer Hinton
@hintojen
Sustainability economist and activist with a focus on how to transition societies beyond the pursuit of economic growth and profit
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21-12-2011 10:43:00
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How can we re-imagine the economy to fit a sustainable future? Two weeks ago Jennifer Hinton defended her thought provoking thesis ‘Relationship-to-Profit: A Theory of Business, Markets, and Profit for Social Ecological Economics’. Missed it? Catch up now: buff.ly/2PbCi7l


I'll be a panelist in the "Transformational Economics" session @ the Nobel Prize Summit next Wednesday, April 28th, 2- 4 pm (CET). Thanks to The Club of Rome for organizing it! #OurPlanetOurFuture #nobelprizesummit Register to attend here: tinyurl.com/t4wmapby

“The kind of circularity needed is not likely to happen in the current economic system, which is focused on profitability". A must-read by Jennifer Hinton in Circular Conversations on how not-for-profit business is key to a truly sustainable #CircularEconomy. Read: buff.ly/2RcRx0z





I had a lovely discussion about how to build a more sustainable economy with Hannes Anagrius for his podcast, The Growth Paradigm. tinyurl.com/3aty8kkv Our discussion starts at minute 14:00 #degrowth #Sustainability

Jennifer Hinton talking to us today about the relationship to profit in the context of #postgrowth and #degrowth.



Recent economic growth has made rich richer, while failing to lift poor out of poverty; as economy grows, envt impacts continue to worsen, says Jennifer Hinton. #postgrowth sustainability: don't assume more GDP improves wellbeing. Measure what matters #SustainabilityFrontiers /24

"Property rights have a tight relationship with growth" says Eric Kemp-Benedict SEI Research. Money becomes one of many means to satisfy needs in a #postgrowth economy; money cannot meet all needs (e.g., affection) says Jennifer Hinton. #SustainabilityFrontiers /26

How does degrowth, post-growth and an agnostic approach on growth feature in sustainability? Visual summary from our session on #Degrowth with Jennifer Hinton, @g_kallis, Eric Kemp-Benedict SEI Research and Mine Islar at the #SustainabilityFrontiers Conference. #Sustainability


Thanks so much to Della Duncan and upstreampodcast.bsky.social for the wonderful conversation about how we can transition to a more sustainable economy! #NotForProfitEconomy #postgrowth #degrowth

Thanks so much to @MandaScott at the Accidental Gods podcast for a thought-provoking discussion about how we can transform the inherently dysfunctional for-profit economy into a sustainable, enjoyable not-for-profit economy! You can listen here: accidentalgods.life/re-imagining-o… #degrowth



