Can We Degrow Healthcare? @PlanetCritical
Can We Degrow Healthcare?  @PlanetCritical
Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
All of our industries are going to have to shrink. But how do we shrink the good ones?

Health Economsit, Martin Hensher, has spent years researching how to create a degrowth model for the health industry—and why it will be better for people as well as our planet.

Full episode where Martin argues that the way we currently run our healthcare is another symptom of overconsumption, and outlines when healthcare benefits and healthcare expenditure actually decouples:

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