Economics, always the dismal science, is now the object of active contempt. And rightly so. But: we are on it, people. Our side has economists too, and progressive economics has not been more lively since Joan Robinson was teaching in Cambridge.
Look for posts on #degrowth, #postgrowth, #NewEconomicThinking . Some of the heavy hitters have accounts, but sadly do not post much. I am nobody important, but I do watch that space and post about it.
https://masto.byrd.ws/@josh/116773449361651385
#economics
Alberto Cottica
npub1w4…szlz7
2026-06-19 05:38:36 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1w4lv8l7nmp9wqa2fp0cstavvs7pf7r9ll7r0a7z0e7shlqz00w5qyszlz7Seen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-06-19 05:38:36 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "e8d9842f088649f492ce663303da13e6aedf577f7d016a9626ce79d11d58e628",
"pubkey": "757ec3ffd3d84ae075490bf105f58c87829f0cbfff86fef84fcfa17f804f7ba8",
"created_at": 1781847516,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"neweconomicthinking"
],
[
"t",
"degrowth"
],
[
"t",
"postgrowth"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.green/@alberto_cottica/116775158872493416",
"web"
],
[
"t",
"economics"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.green/users/alberto_cottica/statuses/116775158872493416",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mastodon.green/users/alberto_cottica/statuses/116775158872493416",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Economics, always the dismal science, is now the object of active contempt. And rightly so. But: we are on it, people. Our side has economists too, and progressive economics has not been more lively since Joan Robinson was teaching in Cambridge.\n\nLook for posts on #degrowth, #postgrowth, #NewEconomicThinking . Some of the heavy hitters have accounts, but sadly do not post much. I am nobody important, but I do watch that space and post about it. \n\nhttps://masto.byrd.ws/@josh/116773449361651385\n#economics",
"sig": "1cdfb9fdf84ec4f1b1d0dce55444d18341187245df58f9025bdbc5c195362550081b309b38947a0bfd5f59c83c2b7bdce5f42ca44c51ed4b3be9d8997c73c22d"
}