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#GrowthDependency

Sustaining power through economic growth: A Régulation theory of growth dependence - ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800925001235
#growthdependency

"The climate and cost of living crises make belief in expanding GDPs look as stale as last year’s mince pies."—The Observer, 2 Dec 2023 → https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/02/are-young-people-poised-to-slam-the-brake-on-endless-economic-growth

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

"#Degrowth starts to move in from Europe’s policy fringes—Unorthodox economic ideas are finding a mainstream audience as #ClimateChange bites." Financial Times on the EU #BeyondGrowth conference. → https://www.ft.com/content/e2f96618-081f-41de-b7a0-a682017c8d11

Pathways towards #SustainableProsperity in the EU—Second #PostGrowth Conference at the European Parliament, Bruxelles 🗓️15-17 May 2023 → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/beyondgrowth2023/

"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. ⁠
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Listen to the programme via → ▶️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172ykwvlqxtc7n
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#TaxTheRich #Davos #ProsperityWithoutGrowth #PostGrowth #Postwachstum #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy #RethinkingEconomics #NewEconomics #GrowthDependency #SustainableWelfare

Degrowth can work—Here's how science can help | New #Nature comments piece by Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis, @ProfTimJackson, Dan O’Neill, Juliet Schor, @jks, Peter Victor and Diana Ürge-Vorsatz →
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04412-x

"To all intents and purposes, we’re already living in a post-growth world. And it’s time to take that challenge seriously."

Mainstream #politics has long proved resistant to the arguments of those who question the pursuit of unending #EconomicGrowth. How do you break through this powerful denialism? Here are some reflections on the potential of #GrowthDependency as a framing that can be (and has been) used to drive political interest in #PostGrowth and #Degrowth ideas by connecting them to immediate political priorities. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/blog-rd-postgrowth-mindset
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#WellbeingEconomy #PostWachstum #PostCroissance #Postcrecimiento

The #PostGrowth challenge is here to stay. "Our attempts to prop up an ailing #capitalism have increased #inequality, hindered #innovation and undermined stability".—@ProfTimJackson.
It's high-time to tackle the #GrowthDependency. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/briefing-paper-no1/

Embracing the Unthinkable—In 2018, the UK's Ministry of Defence commissioned work on #SecularStagnation for the Strategic Trends review. Here's a blog by Alan Simpson—recovering politician by his own account—sharing some reflections about the research, and subsequent briefing paper for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on #LimitsToGrowth. → https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/blog_as_embracing-the-unthinkable/ @ProfTimJackson
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cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #GrowthDependency #WellbeingEconomy #ClimateChange #EconTwitter #GDP #Austerity

@oldreadingroom So reassuring to hear that! Some of our researchers have just recently looked into the #financialisation of the #health #care sector (eg https://cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/wp35/), giving quite a bleak outlook in this regard. System change is so desperately needed!