Post-growth economics rise as climate limits loom

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Source: The Guardian
Post-growth economics rise as climate limits loom
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The piece explores whether economic growth can be decoupled from carbon emissions, highlighting the growing influence of post-growth ideas (such as doughnut economics and wellbeing budgets) in response to slipping climate targets and calls from leaders like the UN chief to move beyond GDP as a progress measure, while debating how far de-growth should go to keep the planet within safe limits.

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