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by Gerry McCartney

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5/5 We theorise that a #WellbeingEconomy can better protect the environment, reduce inequalities, and improve access to the resources we need to live healthily. To get there we need an understanding of power and vested interests, and working collectively to build a movement for change.
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by Gerry McCartney

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4/5 Wellbeing Economies have been proposed as a response to the #polycrisis, not least because orthodox economic are driving climate change, biodiversity loss, inequalities and erosion of democracy. Redesigning our economies is therefore an urgent and essential task.
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by Gerry McCartney

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3/5 …noting the overlaps with work on #Post-Growth economies and #degrowth, but also the points of contention.
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by Gerry McCartney

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2/5 “A Wellbeing Economy is an economy designed to serve people and the planet, not the other way around.” @wellbeing-economy.bsky.social
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by Gerry McCartney — Reposted by: Milena Büchs

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1/5 We have published a new article in Lancet Public Health on how a transition to a #WellbeingEconomy might impact positively on population health tinyurl.com/yc4w9xbd @mmbuchs.bsky.social
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by Gerry McCartney

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DATE CHANGE: David Walsh and I will now be presenting the findings of our book, 'Social Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UK', at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 5th November, 6pm-8pm. If you'd like to come, message me and we can add you to the invitation list!
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by Gerry McCartney

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I'm delighted to be presenting on a Wellbeing Economy strategy for Scotland at the above webinar (which has been co-organised by a group of us working in this area). If you can, please join us online!
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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As part of The Scottish Wellbeing Economy Strategy Group, we are launching a new webinar series aiming to generate energy and discussion around the concept of a #WellbeingEconomy and what this means for Scotland. First up will be
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by Gerry McCartney

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David Walsh and I will be presenting the findings of our book, 'Social Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UK', at the Scottish Parliament at 6pm on Tuesday 16th September. If you'd like to come, message me and we can add you to the invitation list!
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by Gerry McCartney — Reposted by: Mel Bartley

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3 year Research Associate post at the University of Glasgow working on the evaluation of #CommunityWealthBuilding, working with myself and colleagues at Glasgow Caledonian and Lancaster now advertised here www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research... (now advertised for external candidates too).
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
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by Gerry McCartney — Reposted by: Melanie Simms, Katherine Brickell, Hayley Bennett

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3 year Research Associate post working on evaluation of #CommunityWealthBuilding working with me @uofglasgow.bsky.social and colleagues from @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social and Lancaster: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Associate in the evaluation of Community Wealth Building
Please note this vacancy is open to current University of Glasgow employees only. Job Purpose This position is based in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow and ...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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David Walsh and @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social, co-authors of 'Social Murder?', discuss the impact #Austerity continues to have in the UK.

Find the book: buff.ly/VOYYEyf
Watch here: buff.ly/nL89Jgs
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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by Gerry McCartney

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Great article by @patkane.bsky.social talking about how culture can help us understand and resist the reactionary challenges we face, and imagine better future. We have argued similarly in relation to a #wellbeingeconomy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reposted by: Gerry McCartney, Simon L. Lewis, Stephen Ryan , and 2 more

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At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney, Håvard Kauserud, Christopher Wright , and 4 more

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The world's most famous medical NGO concludes Israel is committing genocide.

It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.

No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney, Pascale Aebischer, Martin Winter

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1. At the Tipping Points conference in Exeter yesterday, I spoke about the likelihood of food system collapse: a massive existential threat few people's radar. If you want a handle on the issue, here's the submission I made to a parliamentary committee.
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www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...
The Hunger Gap
A gulf in public understanding prevents us from seeing how and why our food supply is at risk.
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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David Walsh and @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social‬, co-authors of 'Social Murder?' discuss trends in society #Health and #Mortality rates and the grave effects caused by #Austerity policies and the slashing of public services.

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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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David Walsh and @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social, co-authors of 'Social Murder?', discuss the impact #Austerity continues to have in the UK.

Find the book: buff.ly/VOYYEyf
Watch here: buff.ly/nL89Jgs
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by Gerry McCartney

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@sawdoctors.com you m8ght like this one...

Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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Just published online first: super useful new paper from @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social and Jennie Popay on limits to 'place-based approaches' for addressing health inequalities:
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Are place-based approaches to reducing health inequalities a highway to success or a policy dead-end? | Journal of Critical Public Health
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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I’ve worked alongside the MIG Expert Group and Experts by Experience Panel on really exciting work. We’ve developed a roadmap to dignity for all delivered by reforming social security, paid work, services and costs. We can and must start now. Read about it here: www.gov.scot/isbn/9781836...
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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I believe that I'm in love... with Francesca Albanese!
💜💜💜
Someone has created a placekeeping account - @franceskalbs.bsky.social - for her and her team. They haven't [yet] taken it over, but it's already got 9•8K followers, waiting and eager for her/them to move in.

Let's give them a warm welcome!
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

degrowthjournal.bsky.social
📣 New Special Issue out now: Anarchy & Degrowth!

The Degrowth Journal is delighted to publish the first two articles of the Anarchy & Degrowth Special Issue, guest edited by Alexander A. Dunlap and Josephine Becker.

👉 Read the first two articles here: www.degrowthjournal.org/volumes/2025...
Special Issue: Anarchy and Degrowth | Degrowth Journal
Editors: Alexander Dunlap a,b and Josephine Becker c
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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Alistair Bunkall "For the third day in a row dozens of Palestinians were shot dead as they went to get food"

Israels aid distribution isn't about helping Palestinians survive. Its about keeping them in a permanent state of starvation, controlling them, moving them & killing them
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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A powerful editorial journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
On the contribution of health care service provision to reducing health inequalities - Gerry McCartney, 2025
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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How?
How? “We cannot advance new trade negotiations with a government pursuing egregious policies’ It took 19 months to suspend something that hasn’t even happened and claim exoneration. All the arms and intelligence are still being supplied. The flawed definition of anti-semitism is still weaponised. Teachers still sob in my arms at the silencing in schools. We don’t want people starved to death deliberately But it’s fine to send weapons and watch the live-streamed success of the latest killings.
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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"The number of billionaires in the UK has risen from 15 in 1990 to 165 in 2024... The top 50 richest families now hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population, comprising over 34 million people."

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Billionaire Britain 2025 - Equality Trust
Introduction For the past 35 years, various governments have claimed to have variations on a similar set of goals for the UK economy: decarbonise; spread more wealth and growth out of London; end the ...
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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The impact of austerity policies on UK health (inequalities) is brilliantly laid out in the new book by David Walsh and @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social, showing how all-encompassing the impact of austerity was. As relevant as ever today and I highly highly recommend it.
Social Murder?
Social Murder? - Austerity and Life Expectancy in the UK; Combining robust evidence with real-life stories, this book reveals the shocking impact of austerity policies on life expectancy and offers an...
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Reposted by: Gerry McCartney

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www.disabilitynewsservice.com/cuts-to-disa...
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Cuts to disability benefits will exert pressure on services, and likely lead to more deaths, MPs are told
The government’s multi-billion pound cuts to disability benefits will cause huge pressure on services, make it harder for disabled people to find work, and likely lead to more deaths of claimants, …
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