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GDP

Is GDP Over?

December 15, 2020October 30, 2015 by Sam Pizzigati

“Inequality is becoming unbearable,” former Inter-American Development Bank president Enrique Yglesias pronounced. Our economic chasms have reached “obscene proportions.”

Categories Economy Tags economic growth, economic inequality, GDP Leave a comment

Their Recession is not our Degrowth!

December 15, 2020May 14, 2015 by Federico Demaria

Our proposal is not necessarily to reduce GDP (an arbitrary indicator), but rather to ask new questions and search for alternatives to today’s society based on a predatory, unjust and unsustainable capitalist economic system.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags degrowth, degrowth perspectives, GDP 3 Comments

The Growth Delusion

December 15, 2020March 31, 2015 by Dirk Philipsen

Rather than ask how to achieve more, it is time to ask, “More of what? And why?”

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy Tags economic growth, GDP Leave a comment

Monetizing Nature: Taking Precaution on a Slippery Slope

December 15, 2020September 24, 2014 by Barbara Unmüßig

In the wake of declining political will for environmental protection, many in the environmental community are advocating for the monetization of nature.

Categories Economy Tags ecosystem services, GDP, precautionary principle, the commons Leave a comment

Five steps for a high well-being society

December 15, 2020September 10, 2014 by Christine Berry

It’s now eight years since David Cameron first declared that “it’s time we focused not just on GDP, but on GWB – general well-being” and in that time the UK has become a global leader by measuring national well-being – but we have yet to make the leap from measurement to action.

Categories Economy Tags American economic policy, GDP, wellbeing economics Leave a comment

Gross Domestic Problem: Don’t Shoot the Measurement

December 15, 2020July 8, 2014 by Brian Czech

The realization is gradually spreading that GDP growth can’t continue forever. This reality is causing societal angst and discomfort.

Categories Economy Tags economic indicators, GDP Leave a comment

Krugman’s Growthism

December 15, 2020April 30, 2014 by Herman Daly

Paul Krugman often writes sensibly and cogently about economic policy. But like many economists, he can become incoherent on the subject of growth.

Categories Economy Tags economic growth, GDP, illth, Pollution, steady-state economy Leave a comment

Oil Supply and Demand Forecasting with Steven Kopits

December 15, 2020February 25, 2014 by Steven Kopits

Steven Kopits, Managing Director, Douglas-Westwood talks peak oil and oil markets.

Categories Energy Tags Economy, GDP, Oil, oil industry, oil supply, peak oil 2 Comments

Do We Have the Courage to Bring the 800-lb Gorilla out of the Corner?

December 15, 2020February 13, 2014 by Jimmy Fox

The planet’s ability to provide useful materials and absorb wastes (its biocapacity) is deemed essential to sustain human life. Yet consumption of those useful materials (our ecological footprint) per person is rising at an alarming and unsustainable rate.

Categories Economy Tags Ecological Footprint, GDP, steady-state economy Leave a comment

West Virginia’s Elk River Chemical Spill and How We Measure Progress

December 15, 2020January 28, 2014 by Sandra Postel

It’s a cruel irony for the 300,000 West Virginians forced to turn off their taps for five to ten days… will count as a plus according to…GDP.

Categories Food & Water Tags drinking water, GDP, Pollution, water Leave a comment

Italy’s slow collapse: how declining energy consumption affects GdP

December 15, 2020January 28, 2014 by Ugo Bardi

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.

Categories Energy Tags end of growth, Europe, GDP, Natural Gas, peak hydrocarbons, peak oil Leave a comment

The other side of the peak: Italy’s collapse of oil and gas consumption

December 15, 2020January 27, 2014 by Ugo Bardi

Italy’ peak oil has arrived: we are back to 1967 in terms of oil consumption.

Categories Energy Tags Europe, GDP, peak hydrocarbons, peak oil 1 Comment
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