It's not unusual to read an academic paper that concludes "more research is needed," but it is unusual for academic writers to conclude "more research is needed on the subject of how to change the politics of this world!"

"Finally, the question of politics emerges as an important research frontier. Whereas science is advancing on the questions of desired pathways, provisioning systems, and policies for a post-growth economy, we still know little about the politics that could make post-growth transitions possible in reality. A particular blind spot concerns geopolitical relations, and how changes in international governance and world orders open up, or close down, opportunities for post-growth and sovereign development."

Anyway, this paper was not as long as I thought, since the lower half of it is all citations. Go ahead and check it out!

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(24)00310-3/fulltext