Enough is Enough: video
By Rob Dietz, Steady State Economy
The global economy is growing beyond the capacity of the biosphere. How can we change this?
Tag: end of growth
Italy’s slow collapse: how declining energy consumption affects GdP
By Ugo Bardi, Cassandra's legacy
The economy of Italy seem to be declining as a consequence of the increasing cost (or - equivalently - declining energy returns, EROEI) of primary energy sources, mainly natural gas and crude oil.
Scenari Dopo La Crescita
By Asher Miller, Rob Hopkins, Post Carbon Institute
This is an Italian translation of the joint Post Carbon Institute/Transition Network report Climate After Growth: Why Environmentalists Must Embrace Post-Growth Economics and Community Resilience.
Do We Really Need Economic Growth?
By Marcin Gerwin, Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org
The central point of economic policy is maintaining or increasing economic growth...Do you think it’s a realistic approach? An interview with Richard Heinberg for the Polish site Dziennik Opinii.
Got the Urge to ‘Shop, Baby, Shop?’ Stay Home and Watch GrowthBusters on Black Friday
By Dave Gardner, Growthbusters
This year on Black Friday, we’re offering the world an alternative to mayhem at the mall.
“We Have to Consume Less”: Scientists Call For Radical Economic Overhaul to Avert Climate Crisis
By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
We turn now to a pair of climate scientists who are calling for what some may view as a shocking solution to the climate crisis: a rethinking of the economic order in the United States and other industrialized nations.
What Happened to the Future?
By Gregor Macdonald, Peak Prosperity
Improbably, the global economy has returned to growth over the past four years despite the ravages of a deflationary debt collapse, a punishing oil shock, ongoing constraint from debt and deleveraging, and stagnant global wages.
Krugman Goes Splat
By Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
Evidently, Respectable People are starting to discuss The End of Growth. Wow.
Economics and the end of growth – headlines
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Occupy Wall Street activists buy $15m of Americans' personal debt •A Permanent Slump? •To tackle pollution, China to drop pursuit of growth at all costs
Who knew that Seoul was a leader in the sharing economy?
By Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
Did you know that Seoul, South Korea is one of the world’s key sites for post-growth economic re-development? No? Neither did I, until I saw for myself.
The Five Dumbest Things You’ll Hear About Sustainability
By Brian Czech, The Daly News
This one’s about dumb, dumber, and dumbest, plus two intermediate levels for good measure. Ready for the inglorious countdown?
Alternative economics and the end of growth – headlines
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•The Village Against the World •Post Carbon Institute Calls on Environmentalists to Embrace Post-Growth Economics •When Wealth Disappears •A Corporate Coup in Disguise