Degrowther

Degrowthers insist that we must find ways of living and working that do not require our economies to endlessly expand.

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In the view of degrowthers, humanity simply does not have the capacity to phase out fossil fuels and meet the ever-growing demand of rich economies.

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Its reliance on anecdotes and inspirational stories invites the unflattering assessment of the book as a kind of ‘chicken-soup for the degrowther’s soul’ rather than a serious analysis of how degrowth would actually work in terms of major shifts in the economic system.

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“I am not a degrowther. I think things can be greater than they have been and [that improvement]^([sic]) will come through abundance. Improvement will come through investing in healthcare, communities, and homes. It will come through thinking about immigration through a different lens. There is a world where we can have much more than we do now, but that world can only come through spending money and growth,” she said.

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