Alberto Cottica / is on Nostr

Post-growth economist, citizen, runner. Network science, complex systems, digital anthropology, collective intelligence. Co-founder of Edgeryders, currently at UNDP Accelerator Labs. Ex minor rockstar. Thoughts my own.

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#degrowth
#postgrowth
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#NetworkScience

website: https://www.cottica.net

Last Notes

2024-10-06 12:08:50

The Draghi report is not big on the #CircularEconomy:
"Recycling of most other waste streams, including chemicals and plastics, to the contrary, does not have a viable business case at present. [...] Recycled materials can replace fossil feedstock, but the recycling comes with costs in collection, sorting and processing that make it more expensive than virgin material, and the recyclates tend to be of limted quality, making it difficult to justify a green premium."
https://commission.europa.eu/topics/strengthening-european-competitiveness/eu-competitiveness-looking-ahead_en

2024-09-24 16:28:28

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actually I have a shorter read myself. All you need is section 4. https://www.cottica.net/2023/11/24/designer-economies-how-much-freedom-do-we-really-have-when-imagining-believable-economic-systems/

2024-09-24 15:02:05

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you would like @npub1cdn…ndeg 's "The Value of Everything". #economics

2024-09-21 12:10:44

"On average, the intensity of heavy precipitation events increases by 7% for each degree of global warming."
With 2°C already baked in, this means our bridges, dams and sewers are now way under specifications. Brace for (a lot of) further damage. And build some ruggedness if you can afford to.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/16/climate-scientists-troubled-by-damage-from-floods-ravaging-central-europe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#ClimateCrisis

2024-09-17 10:06:58

Dear fellow Europeans, I am respectfully asking you to consider signing this European Citizen Initiative to institute a billionaire tax. It was invented by leading French economist Thomas Piketty; I read the whole thing, and it is technically excellent. Hit me if you have questions, but please sign it, it is important.
https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/
It needs 1 million signatures (currently 300K) and seven countries over their threshold (currently three: Denmark, France, Germany).
#economics #tax

2024-08-07 13:01:30

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The ever-brilliant @npub1fdr…lvhs calls our attention to the fact that, in the US of A, three companies control the market for school lunch payments, and they hit poor families with junk fees that go up to 60% of what families pay.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/26/taanstafl/#stay-hungry
Now, some of you might have seen newer economics papers refer to something called “mode of provisioning”. The concept is not very intuitive, but – I believe – the story of school lunch payments is great to explain it.
https://files.mastodon.green/media_attachments/files/112/920/853/635/316/613/original/a201248a0b281b35.jpg

2024-08-04 17:17:11

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truth.

2024-06-12 18:16:23

"Labour theory is all about formal workers, whereas over 65% of the world's workers are informal. There is a huge literature on informality, but we do not teach it to #economics students."
#newEconomicThinking

2024-05-19 22:30:03

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yes. And I would add: better FOR WHOM. Looking at what capitalism brought to the Global South, where most people live.. well.
@npub182r…pm8s @npub165c…tdlq

2024-05-19 22:30:03

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yes. And I would add: better FOR WHOM. Looking at what capitalism brought to the Global South, where most people live.. well.
@npub182r…pm8s @npub165c…tdlq