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…
Limit To Growth
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.…
Beyond Growth: A Journey through the Landscape of Sustainable Economics
Growth is a story of success—until it isn’t. In most people’s minds, “growth” is inevitably associated with biological development: food crops and babies grow. In those instances, growth is understood…
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…
Climate Change and the Limits of Economic Growth
The only effective way to control carbon emissions, as well as related problems of pollution and biodiversity loss, is to address “overshoot,” the unconstrained use of energy and material resources…
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…
The Madness Of Unchecked Growth: A Conspiratorial World View – Part II
The White Man’s High-Rises, Like Deadly Noxious Weeds, Grow Everywhere in the New World Photo: Peter Rae This Canadian writer has been married to a lovely ‘Sydney Girl’ now…
Exploring The Gap Between Business-As-Usual And Utter Doom
Predicting the future is a fool’s errand, but everybody does it. As long as we’ve had language—for tens of thousands of years, at last estimate—we’ve been able to formulate the…
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