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Dr Carey King is a research scientist at the university of Texas and Assistant Director at the Energy Institute. He performs interdisciplinary research related to how energy systems interact within the economy and environment, and how these can impact the policy.We discuss the fallacy of pursuing economic growth whilst trying to decarbonize the planet, how to re-evaluate what an economy provides for mankind, and how energy and the economy truly interact to create what he calls an “economic superorganism”. He thinks understanding the economy as a superorganism holds the key to creating more resilient policies, structures and models when combatting climate change.This is an utterly fascinating episode that truly dives into the science driving both climate change and the mistakes being made when confronting it. Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify.Get a copy of Carey’s book, The Economic Superorganism.You can also follow Planet: Critical on Youtube and support the project on Patreon where I upload a bonus video every Saturday.© 2022 Rachel Donald Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

Blair Fix is an economist and post-doc at York University, but he has done a lot of his research outside of the structure and security of the academy. Blair is in the same camp as Steve Keen, believing neoclassical and mainstream economists are not only holding back society’s progression, but putting humanity and the planet in danger.We discuss his research that proves the relationship between power hierarchies and income inequality (sorry, Hayek, looks like free markets aren’t that free!), how to manage resource distribution, and why GDP is a flawed metric for success.Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify.Support Blair on Patreon and follow his research on Economics From The Top Down. You can also follow Planet: Critical on Youtube and support the project on Patreon where I upload a bonus video every Saturday.© 2022 Rachel Donald Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe

So much of the hope we put in solutions for climate change falls away under a microscope. Did you know wind turbines aren’t recyclable, for example? Guess where they’re buried. Are enough people thinking about what happens when globalisation fails and post-industrial states like Europe and the US are left to mine their own materials? How can we mitigate climate change, truly, without plunging billions into poverty?Simon Michaux is working to find solutions to all these questions. As an associate professor in the circular economy solution unit at the Geological Survey of Finland, Simon models the mining and energy industries to figure out what we can do sustainably—and what is nothing more than greenwashing. He drops more than a few bombshells throughout this episode concerning energy use and politics, but also reveals a new energy paradigm he’s working on that could provide genuine zero emission energy. Prepare to take notes—I did throughout. Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify. You can also follow Planet: Critical on Youtube and support the project on Patreon where I upload a bonus video every Saturday.© 2022 Rachel Donald Get full access to Planet: Critical at www.planetcritical.com/subscribe