Norbert Nicoll

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Norbert Nicoll

Norbert Nicoll (* 1981 in Eupen , Belgium ) is a Belgian political and economic scientist. He is particularly concerned with the criticism of growth and turns against neoliberalism . He is a lecturer at the University of Duisburg-Essen and a high school teacher for history and geography at the Episcopal School Sankt Vith.

Life

Nicoll studied political science, economics, and economic and social history. He wrote his master's thesis on attac Germany . In 2008 he received his doctorate in political science from RWTH Aachen University on the work and effectiveness of the New Social Market Economy initiative . He is close to the globalization-critical non-governmental organization Attac .

Positions

In his publications, Nicoll addresses media, economic and foreign policy. In his dissertation and later books he dealt with neoliberalism .

In two books in 2011 and 2016, he takes a growth-critical stance. At present, the population follows a culture that wants to solve all problems with expansion : “If the oil runs out, we will drill deeper. When one forest is cleared, we turn to the next. When a field is no longer producing enough, we apply more chemical fertilizers. If the fish stocks decline, we will continue to sail out to sea. ”Instead, he advocates a post-growth economy and calls for a sufficiency strategy to avoid a“ break in civilization ”. The change must come from the middle of society, there would be "no problem of knowledge, but a problem of action".

reception

Georg Auernheimer describes in his review of “Adieu Growth” that it fulfills all requirements to become a “standard work on the subject of limits to growth”.

Books

  • Attac Germany. Criticism, status and perspectives . 2005. Marburg: Tectum. ISBN 978-3-8288-8819-7 .
  • “Carrying the economic rationality into the public”: Yur work and effectiveness of the initiative New Social Market Economy. 2008. Marburg: Tectum. ISBN 978-3-8288-9820-2 .
  • Neoliberalism: Backgrounds and Abysses of a Civil Political Religion . 2009. Münster: Monsenstein and Vannerdat. ISBN 978-3-86582-919-1 .
  • Does the future have an economy? The end of growth and the coming crises. 2011. Münster: Unrest. ISBN 978-3-8977-1512-7 .
  • Neoliberalism: Inequality as a Program. 2013. Münster: Unrest. ISBN 3897715341 .
  • Goodbye, growth! The end of a success story . 2016. Marburg: Tectum. ISBN 978-3-8288-3736-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Unrast-Verlag: Norbert Nicoll , description of the author, accessed on November 21, 2018.
  2. ^ Catalog of the German National Library: Norbert Nicoll, GND 129925276 .
  3. ↑ Dr. Norbert Nicoll , University of Duisburg-Essen, accessed on November 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ Episcopal School St. Vith. Retrieved November 21, 2018 .
  5. ^ Norbert Nicoll: Attac Germany. Criticism, status and perspectives. 2005. Marburg: Tectum. ISBN 978-3-8288-8819-7 . Additional: Technical University of Aachen, Master's thesis, 2004.
  6. ↑ Norbert Nicoll: “Carrying economic rationality into the public”: on the work and effectiveness of the New Social Market Economy initiative. 2008. Marburg: Tectum. ISBN 978-3-8288-9820-2 . Additional: Technical University of Aachen, dissertation, 2008.
  7. ↑ Henrik Scheller: Review of: Norbert Nicoll: Neoliberalismus . Münster: 2013, in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft, published on February 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ a b c Marcus Klöckner: Poverty, hunger, and the destruction of nature are a logical consequence of our economic activity , heise telepolis, December 18, 2017.
  9. ↑ a b Joachim Zinsen: Norbert Nicoll: "We live in a cowboy economy" . Aachener Nachrichten , March 16, 2018.
  10. ^ Georg Auernheimer : Review by Norbert Nicoll: Adieu, growth! , socialnet, December 12, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Nicoll, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian political and economist
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Eupen