Confronting the dilemma of growth | Commentary by Tim Jackson, Jason Hickel and Giorgos Kallis
This commentary responds to a recent article purporting to identify ‘limits to degrowth’. This paper clarifies and sets in context the tensions between grow ...
Are young people poised to slam the brake on endless economic growth?
The climate and cost of living crises make belief in expanding GDPs look as stale as last year’s mince pies. But when central governments rely on consumerism to shore up spending, it will be hard for ‘degrowth’ to gain any traction
From #TriodosBank’s Economic Outlook 2024: “At the heart of [the] issue is a dependency on growth, which Triodos Bank believes needs to be reconsidered. This presents substantial implications for investors, but more crucially, for the future of humanity.” 💯 → https://www.triodos.com/en/press-releases/2023/triodos-bank-economic-outlook-2024-towards-a-post-growth-economy
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Triodos Bank Economic Outlook 202 | Triodos Bank
Triodos Bank today presents its Economic Outlook 2024, concluding that the global economy faces significant challenges, the most daunting one being the break...
Tackling growth dependency—the case of adult social care | Working paper and Policy Briefing
This paper presents a systematic approach to identifying, analysing and transforming growth dependencies in the welfare state. Using adult social care as ou ...
‘Degrowth’ starts to move in from Europe’s policy fringes
Unorthodox economic ideas are finding a mainstream audience as climate change bites
"Shouldn’t there be some return to
#society from the creation of
#wealth? Given that a lot of the wealth is actually built on public money?"—
@ProfTimJackson on BBC World Service Weekend last Sunday with Paul Henley, Lijia Zhang, and Phil White.
Listen to the programme via → ▶️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172ykwvlqxtc7n
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BBC World Service - Weekend, Peru protests: Machu Picchu closed indefinitely and tourists stranded
Violent protests have seen dozens of people killed
Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help
Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon economic growth as an objective.
Sunak’s growth fetish is a problem: he’s heading for the same budget trap as Truss
The siren call of climate-burning expansion bewitches British politics. More of the same will emerge in the autumn statement, says Tim Jackson, professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey
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