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Is capitalism fuelling today’s wars? Varsha Gandikota & Jason Hickel

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 125 words
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Varsha Gandikota & Jason Hickel Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla asks political economist Jason Hickel whether Global South states can take back their sovereignty.

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What happened

Varsha Gandikota & Jason Hickel Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla asks political economist Jason Hickel whether Global South states can take back their sovereignty.

Why it matters

In this episode of Reframe, Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, general coordinator of Progressive International, asks political economist Jason Hickel if today’s conflicts are a continuation of centuries of colonialism and economic policies that favour the richest…

Common ground

Hickel is an economic anthropologist and professor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, general coordinator of Progressive International”
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The claim is confirmed by three independent sources: Al Jazeera, the official Progressive International 'Cabinet' page, and a social media profile/podcast description.
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web search NEUTRAL — Varsha Gandikota & Jason Hickel... In this episode of Reframe, Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, general coordinator of Progressive International, asks political economist Jason Hickel if today's con...
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web search NEUTRAL — The Cabinet draws its membership from the other two bodies, consisting of eight Council members: Srećko Horvat, Aruna Roy, Pierre Sané, Fatima Diallo, Rachmi Hertanti, Julian Aguon, [17] Renata Ávila …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_International
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web search NEUTRAL — Nikhil Dey Council Member Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla General Coordinator Yara Hawari Council Member @yarahawari
https://progressive.international/cabinet/
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Claim 2: “He is the author of Less is More and The Divide”
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Multiple web search results confirm Jason Hickel is the author of 'Less is More'. However, none of the provided evidence mentions the book 'The Divide'. Because only part of the claim is supported and the other part is missing from the evidence, it cannot be fully corroborated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It's a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers. This empowers people to learn from each other…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hickel’s latest book, Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World published in August 2020 (with a paperback edition released this month), offers an abundance of facts, concepts, and research along…
https://www.the-trouble.com/content/2021/2/11/ecosocialism-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Political economist Jason Hickel wrote in his 2020 book Less is More that capitalism must create artificial scarcity in order to make profit, but “with basic needs met, the compulsion for people to co…
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/environment-news/cl…
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Claim 3: “Jason Hickel is an economic anthropologist and professor at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona”
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The claim is directly confirmed by the Wikipedia entry for Jason Hickel, which specifies his role as an economic anthropologist and professor at the Institute of Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA-UAB) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA NOH-ə) is a United States scientific and regulatory agency tasked with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, ch…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Global North and Global South are terms denoting a method of grouping countries based on their defining characteristics with regard to socioeconomics. The terms refer to developed and developing/least…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jason Edward Hickel (born 1982) is a Swazi economic anthropologist, academic and democratic eco-socialist. He is a professor at the Institute of Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA-UAB) at the A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Hickel
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