Beyond Growth: The promise of a wellbeing economy
In this article, econometrician and sustainability researcher Gaya Herrington considers whether a transition to a Wellbeing Economy is possible and what that would mean for our society and how we…
Growthism
Economic Growth Is the World’s Most Dangerous Game
In Richard Connell’s popular short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” hunter Sanger Rainsford goes overboard while sailing to the Amazon, washing up on an island owned by deceivingly charismatic General Zaroff.…
12 economic growth myths and how to counter them
It’s essential that we stabilise the global economy. More people understand this every year, but corporations and governments don’t, and so we continue to destroy nature for profit. They’ve built up…
The Mystery And The Magic Of Growth
I find even popular writings by economists quite baffling.They begin beguilingly enough in brisk back-slapping language,but as you proceed with trust and hope they slip in some concept and term…
A Trophic Perspective on Fossil Fuels
Like the economy of nature, the human economy has a “trophic” structure. In nature, nutrition and energy flow from plants to herbivores to carnivores, with each of these comprising a trophic…
From growth fetish to post-growth
My family and I spent 25 years in Washington DC. They were good years, and every morning I began with coffee and The Washington Post. The newspaper was a wonderful companion—and reliably…
Olivier De Schutter’s recent report on moving beyond growth to eradicate poverty is a powerful proposal for a world in transition
There are two things that have caught my attention over the last few weeks, one is a powerful submission on eradicating poverty beyond growth by the Special Rapporteur on extreme…
False memes can direct the conduct of human affairs more than established science
A cultural transmission or meme is an element of culture (e.g., a perception, value or belief) that is copied and spread virally from one individual to another among people who find favor in their contents. Cultures generate memes. Thanks…
Growthism: Part 2
One of the notable features of Growthism is the way it takes growth to be entirely normal and, at the same time, understands it as the very recent triumph of…
Growthism
A week or so ago, it hardly matters when, I heard an NPR business update announce that economists were predicting “a healthy holiday shopping season.” Such reports are a near-daily…
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