A Green Post-capitalist Alternative to a System of Accumulation: A Bioregional Economy* |
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Authors: | Rhydian Fôn James Molly Scott Cato |
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Institution: | 1. Sustainability Lab, Bangor University, Bangor, UK;2. Roehampton Business School, University of Roehampton, London, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper explores capital accumulation as the engine of the capitalist mode of production. Accumulation drives the socio-economic damage caused by capitalism, as well as the environmental crises of land use, climate change and resource depletion. It may not be possible to address these problems within a reformed capitalism. Rather, such a goal can only be met within “a practical, workable post-capitalist and post-accumulative ecological economy, an economy by the people, for the people, that is geared to production for need, not for profit” Smith, R. (2010). “Beyond Growth or Beyond Capitalism?” Real-World Economics Review 53: 28–42., 42]. This paper sets out a post-capitalist alternative, drawing from green economics and Marxian economics, that is, applied at a local and regional level. |
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Keywords: | Bioregion green economy subsidiarity capital accumulation post-capitalism |
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