A-Infos (en) Catalunia, EMBAT: Economic analysis of Catalonia 2024 (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

It is the function of political organizations to design processes and 
make proposals so that our society has the possibility to move forward 
in the best possible way, while building an economy based on mutual 
support and solidarity. That is why Embat, the Freedom Organization of 
Catalonia, wanted to present an analysis of the current economy of the 
Principality (spring 2024). ---- Most of the data is used to have a 
context of where we are at present. But this picture would be incomplete 
if we only stayed in macroeconomic data and did not bring them down to 
the complex international situation we live in. The different crises we 
are suffering (ecological, environmental, species extinction, European 
economic, neoliberal model, political, etc.) feed back on each other and 
paint a gloomy picture.

Embat does not work at an institutional level, so the proposals we make 
are indicative, in terms of what should be done. These are proposals 
that must be carried out in a union key and also in an 
economic-productive key.

May everyone's abilities be put to the service of society!
Document[PDF]: Analisi_economica_de Catalunya_2024
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Introduction:

Embat, the Libertarian Organization of Catalonia, has carried out an 
analysis of the current economy of the Principality First of all, what 
you will see will be a lot of generic data Most of the data is used to 
have a context of where we are at the moment But this photograph it 
would be incomplete if we only stay in macroeconomic data and do not 
bring them down to the complex international situation we are living

The different crises we are suffering (ecological, environmental, 
species extinction, European economy, neoliberal model, political, etc.) 
feed back on each other and paint a gloomy picture. It is the function 
of political organizations design processes and make proposals so that 
our society has the possibility to move forward in the best possible 
way, while building an economy based on mutual support and solidarity.
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And now what?

As we see there is no trace of the crises mentioned at the beginning of 
this document At the macroeconomic level it seems that they do not exist 
and that life continues without news However, everyone saw that there is 
a serious crisis around the climate It would be naive to think that the 
climate will never affect us economically or that natural resources are 
infinite, not even because of the loss of harvests or the reduction of 
effective working hours in the summer seasons or why tourists will not 
come in droves if very hot or if plane tickets have become more 
expensive due to the increase in fuel or if there are popular revolts 
due to the increase in housing or food prices...

The Catalan political class has not yet accepted the existence of a 
serious problem surrounding these issues. In the Catalan elections of 
May 12, some parties only talked about making new macro-projects and 
promoting tourism, at a time when which the Barcelona population can no 
longer do. In other words, the economy is Business As Usual. At no time 
is the neoliberal model of resource exploitation or environmental 
degradation questioned. If the Olympic Games have fallen, it is not 
because the political parties have reached an ecological discourse, but 
for the realization that by 2030 there will be no snow But nothing to 
comment on the fact that there is no snow! They take it for granted, and 
that nothing can be done about it

We are facing a cognitive dissonance, according to which all the signs 
indicate an imminent danger but the political class thinks of infinite 
growth and continues as if nothing is happening. This political class 
only sees the optimistic information that persists at the international 
level. This information speaks of growth unprecedented in Asia, Africa, 
the Americas, etc. Europe is in a relevant crisis, but the culprit of 
the crisis is the war in Ukraine and the geopolitical component

It is true that there is a geopolitical component around the spirits

Europeans, often pessimistic There is also an overly optimistic 
component around Asian and African moods Just look at their social 
networks The spectacular development of the productive forces of those 
countries, which has taken place in recent years have given them the 
impression that the future will be bright with ultra-liberal capitalism

We are not optimistic We know that the crisis is already underway and 
according to which territories are suffering more than others A priori, 
Catalonia will have to suffer more droughts and an increase in 
temperatures This if the AMOC current is not paralyzed and changes the 
general climatology of Europe The challenge before us is huge We need 
society to take it seriously and for trade unions and social 
organizations to start working on the issue of the transition to a 
different world

We know it's a difficult task The easiest thing is to bet on green 
capitalism and cross our fingers Mobilization for the sake of 
mobilization is also a common way out, that is, because "something has 
to be done", but we don't really know what to do with it

The basic proposal is that trade unionism and the social and solidarity 
economy assume central roles in the economic planning of the era of 
degrowth. To do it well, obviously, we will need these entities to be in 
tune with the problem and the solutions , which will inevitably affect 
us all

Since Embat does not work at an institutional level, the proposals we 
make in that area will be of an indicative nature, in terms of what 
should be done.

May everyone's abilities be put to the service of society!

https://embat.info/analisi-economica-de-catalunya-2024/
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