{"id":2075,"date":"2017-11-30T22:13:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T20:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studentoftheworld.de\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2018-04-15T11:20:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T09:20:19","slug":"economic-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studentoftheworld.de\/index.php\/economic-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy for the Good of All Beings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAll economic activity caters to the common welfare.\u201d This phrase sounds like a utopian ideal. Too good to be true. Yet this is article 151 of the Bavarian constitution which legally took effect in 1946 (and is now obsolete in large parts due to the German Constitution). But there are economic alternatives. Last weekend some 130 scholars, activists and civil society came together in the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing<\/a> to explore them.<\/p>\n

Economic Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Within the last decades, capitalism and neo-liberal ruthless exploitation of both human and nature have taken their toll, crossing the borders of lunacy. Profit and growth paradigms have become the mantras of the powerful one percent of the world population, permeated universities and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Economic alternatives are heavily underrepresented in universities and mainstream media. This leaves many people to think that neo-liberalism and the growth paradigm are the only viable paths after the failure of communism.<\/p>\n

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Beyond Capitalism. Beyond Communism<\/strong><\/h2>\n

At the same time even children in Kindergarten age understand that infinite growth is not possible on a finite planet. Within the past years, an increasing number of scholars, activists and concerned citizens have been working on alternative economic concepts that adhere to the old Bavarian ideal and find new ways beyond both capitalism and communism.<\/p>\n

Last weekend’s conference in a beautiful castle at Lake Starnberg explored five alternative economic concepts. Each one comprises a whole philosophy and an entire world of use cases. Here is a short over-view with many links for further reading.<\/p>\n