Richard Heinberg’s The End of Growth considers global, national, local, and individual responses to an end to economic growth, but he includes few policy options for state governments. In this radio broadcast, Vermont state representative Bill Botzow, chair of the House Commerce Committee, joins Heinberg and host Carl Etnier to consider what a state can do to promote its residents’ welfare when resource constraints stall economic growth.
Richard Heinberg on The End of Growth, with State Rep. Bill Botzow
By Carl Etnier, originally published by Equal Time Radio
August 23, 2011
Tags: Media & Communications, Politics
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