The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions, by Jason Hickel.

Possibly the most important book I have ever read, The Divide opened my eyes up to so much history that I wasn’t aware of. It’s a very well written and accessible look at the history of colonization, imperialism and neo-liberalism and the absolutely devastating and ongoing effects it has had on the majority of the world. I have read this book more than once and refer to it often, I think everyone should read it.

• Publication date: May 17, 2018
• 344 pages
• Publisher: Windmill
• ISBN: 978-1786090034

About the Author, Jason Hickel:

“Dr. Jason Hickel is an economic anthropologist, author, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.  He is Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Visiting Senior Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics, and Chair Professor of Global Justice and the Environment at the University of Oslo. He is Associate Editor of the journal World Development, and serves on the Climate and Macroeconomics Roundtable of the US National Academy of Sciences, the advisory board of the Green New Deal for Europe, the Rodney Commission on Reparations and Redistributive Justice, and the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Health.”

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About Erin Remblance, your host during #DegrowthLitMonth:

Erin Remblance established her early career in blue-chip fast-moving consumer goods companies in Sydney & London, but always sensed there was more important work to be done. Having children gave her the space to explore the environmental and cultural crises on the planet that need to be urgently addressed. She shifted her focus to dedicate her life towards educating people on climate change, degrowth, planetary boundaries, modern monetary theory and more. Erin is a writer, researcher, co-creator of (re)Biz, wife, and mother of three children. She lives north of Sydney, Australia with her family, on the occupied ancestral country of the Gayemagal people.

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