Degrowth and Social Equality
How is economic growth entwined with the social, environmental and financial turmoil of the past few decades? How can we
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Degrowth in the Netherlands: An Overview
Through a degrowth-course at the University of Amsterdam and meetings with like-minded people, the Dutch degrowth-platform Ontgroei was established. Co-founder
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Strong correlations between economic growth and environmental impacts
Perpetual economic growth is incompatible with a finite planet. To some extent, innovation can reduce throughput, thus ‘decoupling’ economic growth from environmental
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Is degrowth about bringing down GDP?
In a thought-provoking piece in CASSE’s Steady State Herald, Brian Czech worries that many degrowthers seem agnostic about GDP degrowth.
Read moreTowards a Degrowth Society: a panel with members of the Dutch Degrowth platform
The COVID-19 pandemic urges to develop a new economy – one that can do without incessant growth, one that generates
Read moreRecovering from COVID-19? Let’s do it without GDP growth
COVID-19 has infected both our bodies and economies. On March 12, Mark Rutte compared the Dutch economy to ‘a patient’
Read moreDegrowth on Rebel Radio
Irene Hadjidakis · Show 1 Rebel Radio Returning to work after a relaxing holiday, you make a resolution not to
Read moreThis isn’t the type of downscaling that degrowth thinkers have in mind!
In the early 17th century, the bubonic plague is said to have played a crucial role in popping the tulip bubble in
Read moreCapitalism inevitably leads to crises
Capitalism typically goes through cycles of expansion to contraction. We commonly refer to these as ‘business cycles’ or ‘economic cycles’.
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