Daniel Wortel-London is a Policy Specialist at the Center for the Advancement of a Steady State Economy. He has served as Knowledge Co-Lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and Research Coordinator for the Civworld project at Demos. He earned his Ph.D. in History from New York University, where he wrote numerous articles along with his dissertation, retitled “The Menace of Prosperity” for publication by the University of Chicago Press. Email: [email protected] X handle: @dlondonwortel.
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How the liberal city paved the way to neoliberalism
What if relying on the rich to “take care of everyone else” was neither politically nor financially sustainable? What would this mean for how we interpret the history of liberalism and the welfare state? And most importantly, what does this imply for how our communities should develop economically?
October 16, 2025
Redesigning Business for Sustainability
We need to reform businesses so they adopt environmental protection goals on their own. This means encouraging new legal forms of business: ones that allow the purpose, governance, and role of profit to align with the steady-state goal.
February 21, 2024
Three Telling Takeaways from Climate Week in New York City
Climate Week thus provided an opportunity to gauge how steady staters can engage strategically with different actors in the contemporary environmental movement.
October 12, 2023
Limits to Wealth = Limits to Growth
If the conspicuous consumption of the one percent helped lead us to the brink, perhaps their conscribed consumption can help edge us back.
July 11, 2023