Jason Hickel (“Jack Hickel”)

Note: Internal UBI Works/Commonwealth records refer to him as “Jack Hickel” but the public-figure name is Jason Hickel — same person.

Compiled Truth

Jason Hickel is an economic anthropologist and ecological economist best known for his work on global inequality, degrowth/post-growth economics, and decolonization. He is the author of “The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions” and “Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World” — both titles routinely cited in UBI Works and Common Wealth Canada social content as evidence ammunition for degrowth, inequality, and basic-income framing. He is held in the brain as a high-trust intellectual ally whose work is mined for posts and clips, not (yet) a direct collaborator. [Source: compiled from Scrumban tasks scrumban-hickel-halford-socials-255a9ac7, “Schedule ALL CW IG posts”, “Rock star Real Estate UBI Podcast Extract”, 2026-04]

Role & Relevance

• Author / theorist of two books central to the UBI Works editorial frame (The Divide, Less is More)
• Used as content source for Common Wealth Canada Instagram + UBI Works socials (cited alongside Fred Harrison [“Halford” in Scrumban label is a transcription artifact — confirm], etc.)
• Coalition-frame ally: degrowth + post-growth strand of the broader “tax land, share the dividend” coalition Floyd is building

Tags

economist · anthropologist · degrowth · post-growth · ubi-ally · inequality · content-source

Sources

• Scrumban task: scrumban-hickel-halford-socials-255a9ac7 (driver: Ken Yang)
• Scrumban task: Schedule ALL CW IG posts
• Scrumban task: Rock star Real Estate UBI Podcast Extract

Open Questions

• Confirm “Halford” pairing in Scrumban label — likely Fred Harrison (UK Georgist, land cycle historian, land-value-tax timeline) misheard/mis-transcribed as “Hickel & Halford”
• Active institutional affiliation as of 2026 (LSE / ICTA-UAB historically)
• Whether Floyd has reached out directly or only used him as a citation