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Planning For Degrowth

There was an article in Nature from late 2022 on degrowth that got some sudden attention over the holidays because economists and tech bros noticed it and turned out on social media to do some hating. In fact the lead author, Jason Hickel, claimed on Ex-Twitter that as a result the paper was the most-read on Nature during the break. …

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Andrew Curry

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There was an article in Nature from late 2022 on degrowth that got some sudden attention over the holidays because economists and tech bros noticed it and turned out on social media to do some hating. In fact the lead author, Jason Hickel, claimed on Ex-Twitter that as a result the paper was the most-read on Nature during the break.  They argue that there are five principles that a “degrowth society” needs to be organised around:  Reduce less-necessary production;  Improve public services; Introduce a green jobs guarantee;  Reduce working time, and Enable sustainable development.