Dr. Jason Hickel, originally from Swaziland, is an anthropologist, author, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He has taught at the London School of Economics, the University of Virginia, and Goldsmiths, University of London. Jason's research focuses on global inequality, political economy, post-development, and ecological economics. His most recent book, The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions, was published in 2017
Jason Hickel
Anthropologist, author, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
2 published articles
Interview
Jason Hickel (part II): “Going out of the crisis, we can have a recovery without growth.”
Dr. Jason Hickel, economist and specialist on inequalities, published in 2020 Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World. He examines propositions for a post-capitalist economy in the context of an exit from the Covid-19 crisis, which includes decolonizing nature and recovering the commons....
Interview
Jason Hickel: “Europe’s economic growth has always ultimately relied on appropriation from the South”
In his last essay published in 2020 Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World, Jason Hickel, economist and specialist on inequalities, urges to end capitalism and choose degrowth to avoid the ecological collapse. In the first of a two-part interview, he comes back on propositions for a...