In this episode we explore the role of advertising as a flagbearer for capitalism, and the values and principles on which capitalism relies. We're joined by Simon Mair, lecturer in sustainability at the University of York to discuss growth, Growth, degrowth and post-growth, and the role that advertising does or could play in economies organised along the differing principles these ideas represent.

Show notes

• Read Simon's article Language, Climate Change, and Cities beyond Capitalism here: https://utppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3138/jccpe-2023-0012
• Listen to our previous episode on advertising and values:https://shows.acast.com/better-without-billboards/episodes/advertising-cultural-values-ruth-taylor
• Read more about sociologist Michael Schudson's work on capitalist realism:https://webcontent.indianhills.edu/_myhills/courses/ENG105/documents/lu05_reading_2.pdf
• And Mark Fischer's book on the same: https://archive.org/details/capitalist-realism-is-there-no-alternative/page/n1/mode/2up
• Find out more about degrowth economics (a.k.a. wellbeing economics): https://weall.org/

Find out more about Adfree Cities at https:www.adfreecities.org.uk and on Bluesky and Instagram @adfreecities.

Credits:

Produced, edited and presented by Nicola Wilks and James Ward.

Title music by mishima.

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