Exploring growth, degrowth and wellbeing economy
What is economic growth? Degrowth has become a buzzword of recent years. As we face the prospect of climate catastrophe and breaching of planetary boundaries, many people see the centrality of economic growth in our societies as the root cause of these problems, as well as the main impediment to solving them. If the pursuit of economic growth is pushing us to the precipice, is rejecting growth the answer? Or can we successfully recalibrate the growth paradigm instead?