@autonomy-institute.bsky.social
Independent research institute rethinking economies in an age of crisis. Consultancy: helping firms run and evaluate shorter working week trials.
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06.08.2025 08:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What if we saw tourism as public infrastructure?
We propose bold policies:
- Public ownership of aviation ✈️
- A Eurostar alternative in public hands 🚂
- Electric ferries 🚢
- Municipal control of housing and short-term lets 🏘️
- Tourist taxes that benefit locals 💷
New report from our #UBS Hub: “The Future of Tourism: Holidays as Public Luxury” 🏖️
Tourism today is extractive, unequal, and unsustainable. We imagine what it could be instead: a public good, democratically owned and ecologically viable👇
A lot of the food we eat in the UK is imported from overseas and so as a country we're particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change on food production. This is a vital new report from @autonomy-institute.bsky.social!
28.07.2025 13:22 — 👍 11 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0Find out more about the ADU:
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Introducing the Autonomy Data Unit 📊
Our team focused on combining and refining datasets, producing digital tools for research, and building practical tech for progressive actors 📈
Major hikes in food prices are baked in. What should we do about it?
Quick explainer:
UK food prices could rise by 34% due to climate change.
#FoodSystem @autonomy-institute.bsky.social
www.csofutures.com/news/uk-food...
Really pleased to see this vital report by @autonomy-institute.bsky.social in the Guardian. What are your children's futures going to be like?
28.07.2025 05:22 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Under the ever worsening conditions of climate change we can no longer afford the needs of private capital dominating our food systems and we can no longer afford the oligarchs it creates undermining democracy.
Great research from @autonomy-institute.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Our food system isn’t ready for the climate crisis, but new bold policy could help build resilience, protect the vulnerable, and guarantee the right to food for all 👇
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We need to build resilience in the UK’s food system through #UBS and beyond:
- A free ‘basket of essentials’ for all
- Public diners in every town
- Price controls on basic goods
- Long-term contracts with regenerative farms
- Basic income for food producers
Lower-income households are hit hardest since:
- They spend more of their income on food
- They can’t easily absorb price shocks
- Children and working-age adults are most vulnerable
Why? The UK imports nearly 50% of its food, much of it from climate-exposed countries. Heatwaves, floods and droughts abroad translates to higher prices here.
28.07.2025 06:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Our new modelling shows that by 2050:
- Climate-driven heatwaves could raise UK food prices by 34% 🌡️
- The average household could lose £1,200/year 🍞
- Up to 951,000 more people could be pushed into poverty 📉
Food prices in the UK are rising — but not only because of global conflict, Brexit, or supply chains 🌎
The climate crisis is already driving inflation: this is 'climateflation'.
🚨 NEW from our #UBS Hub
“On the Horizon: Climate-Induced Inflation and the Price of Food” 📈
Our latest report shows how climate shocks are already driving up food prices — and could push nearly 1 million people into poverty by 2050
Excl. in @theguardian.com: buff.ly/DztJhiC
The EPA offers a real-world model for Universal Basic Services: public service delivery that is democratic, affordable, and locally driven.
Food today. Housing, care, and more tomorrow?...
The operational model is based on:
- Cooperative-led governance
- Municipal support without control
- Guaranteed purchase contracts for small producers
- Dual distribution: institutions + consumer food boxes
📦 Within 1 hour of launch, 1,000 food boxes sold
🌾 Producers are now planting crops specifically to meet EPA demand
📉 Eliminates intermediary markups via direct producer-to-consumer distribution
The EPA is a “public but not state” food enterprise launched in Rosario in 2024.
It delivers 15 essential foods at up to 40% below market prices, with no ongoing state subsidies.
🚨 NEW from our #UBS Hub
“Cooperative Public Services in Practice: Lessons from Argentina's Empresa Pública de Alimentos (EPA)”
How a grassroots movement and a network of cooperatives built a self-sustaining food system in Argentina 🇦🇷👇
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New in Tribune 🚨
Our modelling shows nearly two-thirds of UK workers could face working temperatures over 35C by 2030, but the Employment Rights Bill says nothing about extreme heat... 🌡️
We need a statutory maximum temperature👇
🖊️Phil Jones & @liammullally.bsky.social
Massive thanks to our great panel of speakers: @tatianapignon.bsky.social // Grace Western // @joeryle.bsky.social // @4dayweek.bsky.social // @pressuredropbrw.bsky.social
22.07.2025 16:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
@julietschor.bsky.social's latest book 'Four Days a Week' offers a groundbreaking survey of the global trend to shorter working hours 🌍
You can now watch back our online book launch, where Juliet was joined by a panel of #4dayweek experts & practitioners 👇
youtu.be/PVYzlHnBXqU
You can read the full report on the Autonomy website 👇
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You can also explore the graphs from the report through a user-friendly carousel 👇
The number of companies citing deepfakes as a risk – for instance – has doubled, from 16 to 40.
Our latest research has shown how #AI is a growing corporate risk ⚠️
Want to explore the dataset yourself? We've built a tool so you can search through SP500 10-K filing extracts to explore the risk landscape 📈
Now live on the #ADU blog 👇
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