The term “degrowth” has emerged within ecological and other heterodox schools of economics as a critique of the idea (and ideology) of economic growth. Degrowth argues that economic growth is no longer desirable – its costs exceed its benefits – and advocates a transformation of economies so that they produce and consume less, differently and better.
Giorgos Kallis provides a clear and succinct guide to the central ideas of degrowth theory and explores what it would take for a...
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1. What is degrowth?
2. The economics of degrowth
3. Economic growth from a degrowth perspective
4. The case for degrowth
5. The utopia of degrowth
6. Controversies, de...
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Giorgos Kallis is Professor of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology at ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has been a Leverhulme visiting professor at SOAS,...