### Luuk Knippenberg

Independent advisor, former academic senior researcher. Fields: history, political economy and philosophy, democracy, social science, and social environmental science. I will publish mostly in English, but sometimes also in Dutch or French.

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#### Economic Growth is No Longer What It Used to Be

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Economic growth is no longer broadly distributed, that room disappears. Not all claims can be honoured simultaneously any more. Not everything can be bought off. Choices have to be made. But then the question arises: which choices, by whom, for whose benefit and at whose expense? That is precisely why the question i…

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#### Political Discontent is Not a Psychological Problem

De crisis van de democratie wordt doorgaans verklaard vanuit populisme, sociale media, desinformatie of zwak leiderschap. Deze verklaringen zijn niet verkeerd, maar ze hebben iets oppervlakkigs, iets dat ze onbevredigend maakt. De echte vraag is namelijk niet wie of wat de democratie misbruikt of verstoort, maar welke ontwikkelingen ons huidige politiek…

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