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This is an interview with Mark Burton of Steady-state Manchester, about the madness of the quest for perpetual GDP growth.
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations and information mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/posts/communicating-about-degrowth-with-mark-burton-of-steady-state-manchester
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to build the new economy.
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Steady-state Manchester: steadystatemanchester.net
@steadystatemanchester7380
Here’s what we mean by new economy - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/new-economy
Introduction to steady-state economics - lowimpact.org/categories/steady-state-economics
Highlights
1. Constant GDP growth causes ecological damage - there’s the constant expansion in the use of energy and materials, and the by-products of their use.
2. The economy has become more efficient in its use of inputs over time. But because it continues to expand, those efficiencies can’t keep up with the rate of expansion.
3. The idea that we need economic growth shapes so much of the discourse, and policy. It’s pervasive in the media. We’re the ones saying the bizarre things. But I find that we’re getting much more of a hearing than when we started.
4. A sustainable society is incompatible with capitalism, and most people in the degrowth movement are anti-capitalist – but I think that some maybe don’t follow that through consistently.
#neweconomy #polycrisis #degrowth
This is an interview with Mark Burton of Steady-state Manchester, about the madness of the quest for perpetual GDP growth.
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations and information mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/posts/communicating-about-degrowth-with-mark-burton-of-steady-state-manchester
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to:
a) bring their work to a wider audience
b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts
c) stimulate debate
d) help to build the new economy.
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Steady-state Manchester: steadystatemanchester.net
@steadystatemanchester7380
Here’s what we mean by new economy - lowimpact.org/lowimpact-topic/new-economy
Introduction to steady-state economics - lowimpact.org/categories/steady-state-economics
Highlights
1. Constant GDP growth causes ecological damage - there’s the constant expansion in the use of energy and materials, and the by-products of their use.
2. The economy has become more efficient in its use of inputs over time. But because it continues to expand, those efficiencies can’t keep up with the rate of expansion.
3. The idea that we need economic growth shapes so much of the discourse, and policy. It’s pervasive in the media. We’re the ones saying the bizarre things. But I find that we’re getting much more of a hearing than when we started.
4. A sustainable society is incompatible with capitalism, and most people in the degrowth movement are anti-capitalist – but I think that some maybe don’t follow that through consistently.
#neweconomy #polycrisis #degrowth
