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World Inequality Lab
@wid.world

If you missed it, read @theguardian.com extensive coverage of our new #GlobalJusticeReport. You may want to start with this excellent piece by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social More in thread 🧵 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survivalGlobal report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

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World Inequality Lab
@wid.world

On the day of the launch of the #GlobalJusticeReport, the coordinators @thomaspiketty.bsky.social @lucaschancel.bsky.social @cmohren.bsky.social @rowaida96.bsky.social @moritzoder.bsky.social & @anmol-smnch.bsky.social published this opinion piece 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comA good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s howOur plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab
World Inequality Lab
@wid.world

👇More analysis here on the #GlobalJusticeReport, including on "sufficiency" - one of they key concepts in the report. “Sufficiency does not mean degrowth. It is about less working hours, a different composition of consumption, and more health and education.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com‘Happiness is not just about GDP’: ambitious plan or utopia?Some will question its credibility – but the alternative future to the one imagined in the Global Justice Report is far more bleak
I Am I - Earth
@iami.earth

Sufficiency is the sharp word, and it relocates the fight. Not how much, but who decides what's enough, and for whom. A billionaire's enough and a nurse's are different planets. It only works if the deciding is shared. Who sets the ceiling?

World Inequality Lab
@wid.world

"Critics [of the #GlobalJusticeReport] will say that the report is a utopian dream. [...]The question is why such an attractive bargain has become so difficult to sell." Indeed! Share the report widely and join the debate. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comThe Guardian view on climate equality: a richer life and real public abundance, not just more stuff | EditorialEditorial: The Global Justice Report offers a hopeful bargain: tax extreme wealth and replace consumer excess with social and economic security for all