Economic Growth

Job Growth, Increasing Production And More Consumption – Holy Grail Or Siren Songs Leading Us To Destruction?

• In our documentary, Hooked on Growth: Our Misguided Quest for Prosperity, our examination of population, consumption and urban growth ultimately leads us to the root cause of these challenges: an insistence on perpetual economic growth.
• Continually rising GDP is in conflict with our goal of sustainability: leaving adequate resources to support future generations.
• There are alternative metrics to gauge our happiness and success. Genuine Progress Indicators (GPI) and Gross National Happiness are two examples.
• Some thought leaders have been urging us for years to embrace economic stability instead of perpetual growth.

For More Information

• Steady-State Economics by Herman Daly, former Senior Economist at the World Bank
• Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
• Genuine Progress Indicator (Redefining Progress)
• The End of Economic Growth (Preservation Institute)
• DeGrowth
• The Unsustainability of Economic Growth
• The Earth Charter
• Capitalism Depends on Perpetual Economic Growth
• Economic Growth and Climate Change
• Does Economic Growth Lift People Out of Poverty?
• Will We Ever Have Enough Wealth?
• Prosperity Without Growth
• The End of Growth
• Global Ponzi Economy
• Crash Course

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