Degrowth as a transition from a growth economy to a post-growth economy.
An increase in production and consumption to grow profit for private owners by privatizing the benefits and socializing the losses in the spirit of enhancing well-being for the selected few.
A reduction of production and consumption to lighten the ecological footprints, planned democratically in a spirit of social justice while improving well-being.
Green growth is macroeconomic greenwashing. A summary of my response to @paulkrugman after his article on green growth in the @nytimes. 🧵
Arguing that economic growth can be greened by showing evidence of one single impact going down is like bragging about being healthy by showing that one of your arms has lost weight. Sustainability requires a reduction of many environmental pressures.
If you want to show that growth is genuinely green, you must bring evidence that GDP has decoupled from all environmental pressures. After five years actively searching for this particular proof, I have never seen anyone managing to do that.
5 reasons why communism is more likely to be sustainable than capitalism, feat @koheisaito0131 🧵
An economy focused on concrete needs is more likely to avoid unnecessary processes of production than an economy organised around infinite moneymaking.
An economy that prioritises wellbeing would get rid of non-essential goods/services and bullshit jobs.
The topic of #degrowth has never been more popular. Here is a selection of recent articles published in mainstream media.
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"But what if growth is at best doing little to fix the world’s problems, and at worst fostering the destruction of the planet and jeopardizing its future?"