Tag: politics
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The false conflict between young people and pensioners, or how to rethink pensions for the common good
In Spain, we live under a constant bombardment of messages that single out the public pension system as the great enemy of the young. According to this narrative, we need to reform pensions and cut pensioners’ purchasing power to give young people some relief. It’s a mistaken diagnosis and, I’d venture to say, a tendentious…
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Building resilient welfare and pension systems in the context of climate crisis
The TRANSPOSE project aims to strengthen a network of scholars and practitioners working on climate change, finance, pensions and post-growth. A total of 15 people participate in this advisory committee. The first activity of the group was an on-line workshop on the 26th November that focused on how to build resilient pension systems in the…
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Welfare without (un)economic growth
In our daily lives we are constantly bombarded with news about advances in energy efficiency, the decarbonisation of the economy, and the possibility of growing without polluting. And yes, decarbonising our economy through the massive deployment of renewable energy and the electrification of production and consumption is, in the current context, a necessity. However, there…
David Palomera 