First they ignore you...
#Degrowth is now officially in phase 3 of 4.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz openly criticised "postgrowth" today in a public conversation at the #WEF2020 in Davos. He made some interesting statements.
derstandard.at/story/20001137…
He talked about a debate he saw where postgrowth ideas were discussed and where they asked if it could not be "good for a country when there's no economic growth any more" and "wouldn't it be better to measure the happiness of the population and not economic growth".
Kurz said that sounded romantic to him but went on speaking about the ageing population in Europe and said "happiness doesn't pay pensions".
"If we don't have growth, if we don't manage to stay competitive as the EU, then good night welfare state and European achievements."
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@R_Degrowth @DegrowthVienna @Degrowth_info @g_kallis @jasonhickel @ProfTimJackson @r_mastini @KateRaworth .@JoelForamitti and me are wondering if Kurz could be the first head of state to mention post growth/degrowth/agrowth publicly?
@R_Degrowth @DegrowthVienna @Degrowth_info @g_kallis @jasonhickel @ProfTimJackson @r_mastini @KateRaworth @JoelForamitti Here's Austrian chancellor @sebastiankurz' speech and conversation including the mention of "#postgrowth" with English simultaneous translation.
weforum.org/events/world-e…
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