Sustainability scientists’ critique of neoclassical economics DOI Creative Commons
Mark Diesendorf,

Geoff Davies,

Thomas Wiedmann

et al.

Global Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Abstract Non-technical summary Neoclassical economics (NCE) theory and neoliberal practice together form one of the principal driving forces environmental destruction social injustice. We critically examine ten key hypotheses that foundations NCE, four other claims. Each fails to satisfy or more basic requirements scientific practice. Hence, NCE is fundamentally flawed, irrational in common meaning word, should not be used as a guide for government policies. Because socially constructed, it can replaced with an interdisciplinary conceptual framework compatible ecological sustainability justice. Technical widely regarded providing theoretical justification notions such ‘governments minimize regulation spending, hence leave major socioeconomic decisions market’. A large body literature finds largely responsible inequality. As claimed science has appropriated terminology (without content) from physics, we its claims viewpoint natural scientists economist, each researcher. This paper defines two ways: structure based on (1) methodological individualism, instrumentalism equilibration, (2) three named above seven NCE. find hypothesis claim empirical confirmation, underlying credible assumptions, consistency Earth system science, internal consistency. Sensitivity analysis rare ability predict lacking. Therefore, recommend neoclassical microeconomics reformed macroeconomics abandoned transdisciplinary field economics. Social media Conventional economics, driver damage inequality, examination by scientists.

Language: Английский

15 years of degrowth research: A systematic review DOI Creative Commons
John‐Oliver Engler,

Max-Friedemann Kretschmer,

Julius Rathgens

et al.

Ecological Economics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 218, P. 108101 - 108101

Published: Jan. 11, 2024

In academia and political debates, the notions of 'degrowth' has gained traction since dawn 21st century. While some uncertainty around its exact definition remains, research on degrowth revolves idea reducing resource energy throughput as a unifying theme. We employ mixed-methods design to systematically review scientific peer-reviewed English literature from 2008 2022 that refers or 'post-growth' in title, keywords abstract (N = 951). find lack concrete distributional monetary policy proposals sample analyzed, low overall degree collaboration among authors relation degrowth's age size. The analyzed can be grouped into seven clusters along two major gradients, one methodology (qualitative-quantitative) other scale-of-analysis (individual-societal). conclude academic about would benefit more prominent discussion implications ideas proposals, particular debate should concrete, with stronger focus policies degrowing economy.

Language: Английский

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Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries DOI Creative Commons

Giorgos Kallis,

Jason Hickel, Daniel W. O’Neill

et al.

The Lancet Planetary Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 9(1), P. e62 - e78

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

There are increasing concerns that continued economic growth in high-income countries might not be environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, or economically achievable. In this Review, we explore the rapidly advancing field of post-growth research, which has evolved response to these concerns. The central idea is replace goal GDP with improving human wellbeing within planetary boundaries. Key advances discussed Review include: development ecological macroeconomic models test policies for managing without growth; understanding and reducing dependencies tie social welfare current economy; characterising provisioning systems would allow resource use reduced while wellbeing. Despite recent important questions remain, such as politics transition, transformations relationship between Global North South.

Language: Английский

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Post-growth economics as a guide for systemic change: Theoretical and methodological foundations DOI Creative Commons
Elena Hofferberth

Ecological Economics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 230, P. 108521 - 108521

Published: Jan. 25, 2025

Language: Английский

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Planning beyond growth: The case for economic democracy within ecological limits DOI Creative Commons
Cédric Durand, Elena Hofferberth, Matthias Schmelzer

et al.

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 437, P. 140351 - 140351

Published: Dec. 22, 2023

Degrowth and post-growth economics has emerged as a particularly fruitful approach in the debates about reorientation of economies Global North towards environmental sustainability, equality, need satisfaction democracy. This perspective promotes planned reduction energy resource use global to limit pressures inequalities improving well-being. Yet, specifics this "design" are not precisely delineated. On one hand, there is wide acceptance, at abstract, most general, even definitional level, that degrowth involves planning or amounts transition. other strikingly little explicit engagement with, debate on, research into what exactly "planning for degrowth" could look like. gap urgently needs be addressed. By exploring degrowth-planning nexus, paper seeks lay foundation effort. First, it identifies degrowth/postgrowth literature obstacles opportunities further with planning. Second, advances an agenda-setting framework, delineating problems relative democratic ecological beyond growth along three axis: elaboration, implementation multilevel dynamics.

Language: Английский

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Navigating the Polycrisis DOI Creative Commons

Michael J. Albert

The MIT Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 27, 2024

An innovative work of realism and utopianism that analyzes the possible futures world-system helps us imagine how we might transition beyond capitalism. The which are all a part faces multiple calamities: climate change mass extinction, energy supply shocks, economic existential threat AI, chilling rise far-right populism, ratcheting geopolitical tensions, to name only few. In Navigating Polycrisis, Michael Albert seeks illuminate “planetary polycrisis” will disrupt global community in coming decades can best meet these challenges. argues must devote more attention study adopt transdisciplinary approaches do so. To provide new form critical analysis, he offers theoretical framework—planetary systems thinking—that is informed by complexity theory, world-systems ecological Marxism. Polycrisis builds on existing makes three main contributions. First, book shows order map out capitalist world-system, analyze intersections feedbacks between its numerous cascading crises—including emergency, crises, stagflation, food system disruption, pandemics, conflicts, emerging technological risks. Second, develops an approach combining social theory with insights modelling. And third, rather than relying idealist blueprints or ungrounded speculation, contributes scholarship postcapitalist analyzing processes, mechanisms, struggles through egalitarian transitions capitalism occur. A much-needed studies, brings rigor natural sciences together speculative imagination shape our future.

Language: Английский

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How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis DOI Creative Commons
Jason Hickel, Dylan Sullivan

World Development Perspectives, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 35, P. 100612 - 100612

Published: July 23, 2024

Some narratives in international development hold that ending poverty and achieving good lives for all will require every country to reach the levels of GDP per capita currently characterise high-income countries. However, this would increasing total global output resource use several times over, dramatically exacerbating ecological breakdown. Furthermore, universal convergence along these lines is unlikely within imperialist structure existing world economy. Here we demonstrate dilemma can be resolved with a different approach, rooted recent needs-based analyses development. Strategies should not pursue capitalist growth increased aggregate production as such, but rather increase specific forms are necessary improve capabilities meet human needs at high standard, while ensuring access key goods services through public provisioning decommodification. At same time, countries, less-necessary scaled down enable faster decarbonization help bring back planetary boundaries. With achieved without requiring large increases throughput output. Provisioning decent living standards (DLS) 8.5 billion people only 30% current energy use, leaving substantial surplus additional consumption, luxury, scientific advancement, other social investments. Such future requires planning provision services, deploy efficient technology, build sovereign industrial capacity South.

Language: Английский

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From neoliberal urban green space production and consumption to urban greening as part of a degrowth agenda DOI Creative Commons
Jakub Kronenberg

Cities, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 159, P. 105739 - 105739

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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Klimaschutz durch Degrowth? – Ordonomische Anfragen an die Position radikaler Wachstumskrititk DOI
Ingo Pies, Felix Carl Schultz

ORDO, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Kurzfassung Der Weltklimarat (IPCC) hat jüngst eine Autorengruppe wohlwollend rezipiert, die These vertritt, Klimaschutz könne (nur) durch Wachstumsverzicht – Nullwachstum und besser noch Negativwachstum ambitioniert vorangetrieben werden. Wir rekonstruieren diese spezifische Degrowth-Argumentation konfrontieren sie aus der Perspektive des ordonomischen Forschungsprogramms mit zwei kritischen Anfragen. Im Ergebnis sehen wir uns veranlasst, im Titel aufgeworfene Frage zu verneinen. Unsere Gegenargumente lauten: (a) Degrowth verkennt zivilisatorischen Vorzüge post-malthusianischen Wachstumsgesellschaft. (b) nimmt klimapolitische Herausforderung nicht ernst genug. Insbesondere wird unterschätzt, dass zum für nötig gehaltenen Innovationen unternehmerischer Anstrengungen bedürfen insofern marktwirtschaftliche Leistungsanreize voraussetzen.

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Envisioning an academia for degrowth transformations DOI Creative Commons
Hubert Buch‐Hansen, Iana Nesterova, Peter Brønnum Nielsen

et al.

Globalizations, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 18

Published: March 28, 2025

Language: Английский

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Safeguarding livelihoods against reductions in economic output DOI Creative Commons
Jefim Vogel,

Gauthier Guérin,

Daniel W. O’Neill

et al.

Ecological Economics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 215, P. 107977 - 107977

Published: Oct. 16, 2023

Secular stagnation, escalating socio-ecological crises, and the urgent need to scale back resource use in affluent countries make reductions economic output increasingly likely. In this context, prevailing vulnerability of livelihoods a reduction poses fundamental threat, obstructs stringent environmental policies that reduce production or consumption. This study explores what creates vulnerability, how it might be overcome. We introduce novel analytic framework describes relationship between adequacy livelihoods. Using empirical data for years around Global Financial Crisis, we illustrate UK. Based on our framework, show is not inevitable but arises when are dependent wage labour whilst employment adequate incomes workers insecure, pensions insecure. These conditions pervasive contemporary capitalist economies, primarily due profit maximisation neoliberal welfare policy. Profit may fact actively foster livelihoods, as can used lever squeezing wages, pretext pursuing growth blocking policies. Finally, identify range interventions could overcome including specific versions universal basic services, income, minimum income guarantee, job living worktime reduction, pension alongside changes capital-labour relations shift not-for-profit provisioning. Such secure volatile contracting socially sustainable more politically palatable.

Language: Английский

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