The Journal of Cleaner Production will be issuing a special volume on the topic of technology and degrowth and is looking for interesting scientific contributions. Abstracts of 400 to 500 words can be submitted until 31 August 2015. The special volume aims to both provide 1) a state of the art selection of current discussions of the role of technology within Degrowth in academia and practice and 2) a deepened reflection on technologies with the aim to specify perspectives and to overcome their entrenchment. The full call for papers can be accessed here
.One argument of those who defend growth is that growth is the natural and inevitable course of the economy. Liberated from governmental or other restrictions, and left to their own powers, entrepreneurs will make an economy grow, as they are endlessly inventive in growing their own incomes. Growth is then seen as the natural product of a free, ‘self-regulated market’. The destiny of the economy...
By Dennis Eversberg Tens of thousands are currently coming to Europe, hoping for a better future. They are fleeing from war, violence, political persecution and utter despair, and their hope for a better life lets them endure experiences of dire poverty, exclusion, rejection, police repression and much more on their way here. At the same time, many degrowth activists participate in numerous pr...
Dieser Artikel ist im Rahmen der Theoriewerkstatt zu Wachstumszwängen entstanden. Im ersten Teil dieses Artikels haben wir beleuchtet, warum die klassischen Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswachstum für notwendig halten, um die Konsumwünsche einer Bevölkerung zu befriedigen, sowie die Fragwürdigkeit dieser Annahme offengelegt. Um es nicht bei der Kritik zu belassen, stellen wir im zweiten Teil mögliche Alternativen [...]
