Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel)

I want to take a few minutes to respond to statements made by Max Roser, the director of OWID. I hope this will be helpful and constructive for all involved....

Imperialism and racism are central to the capitalist world economy. The barbarism is a feature, not a bug. Remember, capitalism is not defined by “markets and businesses and trade”. It is a system where production is controlled overwhelmingly by capital: the big banks, large corporations, and the 1...

The global North is responsible for 92% of emissions in excess of the planetary boundary, while the global South bears the brunt of the destruction. Climate breakdown is a process of atmospheric colonization, and is playing out along colonial lines. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thelancet.c...

There is a strange idea in some environmentalist circles that human population is the main cause of ecological breakdown, and that humans have an *intrinsically* negative impact on ecosystems. Both claims are incorrect. First, human ecological impact is entirely a function of the system of product...