The capitalist economic system we are traversing has been ingrained by the imperative of economic growth – culturally, politically, and institutionally (Kovacic...
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Is Europe’s new agenda for sustainable growth and Circular Economy Action Plan going to spread prosperity or concentrate it?
The economic development, social cohesion and political stability in the EU have been imperiled by the regional[1] economic divergence [1]. The last 50 years have...
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The virtual ReTraCE Roundtable for Industry and Policy Makers
Text by Sanja Arsova and Azar Mahmoungonbadi The First Day of the Roundtable event for exchanging knowledge between the 15 Early Stage Researchers, industries and...
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Windmills, cups and straws (1/2)
I was in one of the amazing Greek islands last summer, Samos, when I was preparing an abstract to submit for an international conference on circular economy (CE), and...
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The CE vs Growth dilemma
The current linear economy has been strongly challenged in recent years regarding its merely focus on economic growth in spite of the resulting environmental...
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