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Here is the third quarterly check-in for 2026 on what the signals are saying regarding After Capitalism. There is so much happening. It is getting harder to pick a top 3 … so I combined a few signals together and added a fourth. Rewilding meets tourism. Post-work advancing despite ourselves. And college kids and retirees mixing? Dig in! (See Q2 2026 here.) Drum roll please!
- Cuc Phuong turns wildlife recovery into new tourism model; MÉS proposes to eliminate 130,000 tourist spots after the second protest against saturation in Mallorca
Cuc Phuong’s Department of Tourism said the shift from mass tourism toward tourism tied to wildlife rescue and nature conservation is gaining strong momentum. Meanwhile “Ecosoberanists” in Mallorca are urging the implementation of a comprehensive tourist degrowth measures in order to “reverse the social and environmental collapse.”
AH Comment: It is encouraging to see ecotourist areas recognizing the accompanying costs of those alluring tourist dollars and doing more to protect what they have. Authentic natural experiences appealing to those wanting to go beyond carefully stage-managed ones point towards a caring stewardship ethos with nature.
The entry-level worker group has been losing ground steadily since 2022, and the erosion has widened every month for close to four years. Meanwhile, labor-as-a-whole’s share of national income fell to a new low this year … losing out to corporate profits, dividends, rents and interest.
AH Comment: Many tend to view post-work as an impractical pipe dream. But we continue to act in ways that make labor less important to the economy. We wonder why young people are disillusioned with capitalism and work, duh! Do we eventually bow to the inevitable and realize that the model of the 40-hour work week – and work itself – is obsolescent? Hmm.
A few universities and enterprising younger adults are living with seniors in a variety of settings — from apartments in retirement communities to home-sharing — as Americans face challenges with affordable housing as well as a loneliness epidemic.
AH Comment: Ooo dang, this is so smart! Bravo! Ingenious! I feel inadequate for not thinking of this myself. Let’s just hope the busy bodies don’t find a way to screw this up.
Sealing means covering the soil in a way that inhibits exchange with the atmosphere. It’s a result of growth-oriented city planning, where land is mainly valued for its economic use — as real estate, industry, or commercial space — while the role of public spaces as places to live, meet, and relax is treated as less important. Unsealing land challenges this logic.
AH Comment: In my early 20s I went to a few NGO meetings in Cambridge, MA committed to stopping the paving of the world. It’s always stuck with me how unimaginative we are with our surfaces.
— Andy Hines
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