In recent years, events such as the Great Recession, the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine or the climate crisis have highlighted some of the imbalances in the current production model and how these seriously affect the well-being of the population. Beyond the current difficulties that have had to be addressed, notable structural weaknesses have been revealed in some economies that have proven especially vulnerable, such as the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are, in fact, the Spanish autonomous community that had increased its per capita income the least in 2022 compared to 2008, before the economic crisis (barely 6% compared to 16.7% for the Spanish economy as a whole). It was also the second autonomous community (after the Balearic Islands) that experienced a greater economic decline derived from the covid-19 pandemic, given the strong external dependence of its productive structure as a peripheral territory and highly specialized in tourist activities. Furthermore, this trend not only responds to specific situations, but also reflects a gap that has been widening, at least, since the beginning of the 21st century.