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By: Dan O´Neill

Is economic growth always a good thing? Why are people in countries like the US and UK not happier or working fewer hours when GDP has tripled since 1950? Dan O'Neill's thought-provoking talk exposes the pitfalls of economic growth and hints at alternative ways to measure progress. Dan O'Neill is a lecturer in ecological economics at the University of Leeds, and the chief economist at t...

By: Tony Greenham, Josh Ryan Collins

Abstract: The financial crisis is as much a crisis of economics as of the financial system. Inherent flaws in the modern monetary system overlay and magnify conceptual flaws in prevailing neo-liberal economic policy that rely on frameworks ill-suited to the current context of ecological and social problems. Our response therefore needs to address both the reform of the financial system and a fu...

By: Andreas Exner

From the text: “This [what degrowth scholars describe] is a non- capitalist market economy model of degrowth, the viability of which shall be discussed further on in three steps. First, I contrast with reciprocity the historical specificity of exchange, markets, and money in the modern sense. Second, I discuss the logical connection between market, money, and capital. Third, I analyze the contr...

By: Luis Alvarez, Lysete Hernández

Principles, post-capitalism, alternative, capitalism, crises

By: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung: . . . Fast überall in Asien sind noch erhebliche Investitionen in Infrastruktur, Bildung und Sozialsysteme notwendig, um die Situation der Menschen zu verbessern oder ihnen gar einen Wohlstand zu ermöglichen, wie ihn die westlichen Gesellschaften vorleben. Wie sollen diese Mittel erwirtschaftet werden, und was bedeutet dies für die globale Entwicklung? Werden die Kapazit...

By: Christoph Freydorf

Abstract: Degrowth strategies are not only depending on political decisions, but also on concepts of economic orders which permit the expectation to be stable and prosperous without the necessity of nominal or real (throughput of natural resources) growth rates. One important aspect is the monetary policy, which is widely suspected to play a crucial role for both, the necessity to growth as wel...

By: Jana Gebauer, Andrea Liesen, Christian Dietsche

Abstract: Suggested concepts of post-growth economies have so far shed little light on the functioning of business. With this paper, we aim to translate discussions on post-growth economies to the company level and examine ten Successful Non-Growing Companies (SNCs) with regard to their motivations, key performance indicators and strategies. We find that a common feature among these companies i...

By: Albert F. Reiterer

Der französische Ökonom Thomas Piketty sorgt mit seiner schonungslosen Analyse der Ungleichheit und Kapitalentwicklung, veröffentlicht in seinem Buch „Das Kapital im 21. Jahrhundert“ für Furore. Anhand einer erdrückenden Menge empirischen Materials zeigt er, dass die Ungleichheit zunimmt, wenn die Einkommen aus Kapital (r) das Wirtschaftswachstum (g) übersteigen. Auf eine Formel gebracht: r&g...

By: Rajni Bakshi

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Redefining Value.

By: Elisabeth Voß

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Solidarity Economy, Cooperatives and Social Business.

By: Gunter Kramp

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Commons and Peer Economy.

By: Helmut Knolle

Ecological Economics, History of economic theory, Recycling, Climate protection, Steady-state economy

By: Kevin Buckland

This media entry is a stirring paper of the Group Assembly Process (GAP) at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig in 2014. This paper belongs the group Climate and Energy.

By: Schattenblick

Der erste Artikel einer Berichtserie zur vierten Internationalen Degrowth Konferenz, die im September 2014 in Leipzig statt fand. In diesem Artikel wird mit einer ausführlichen Wachstumskritik auf die Konferenz Berichterstattung vorbereitet. BERICHT/028 aus der Rubrik "Bürger/Gesellschaft" > "Report" von der Zeitung Schattenblick > Mehr Artikel über die Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Le...

By: Moritz A. Drupp

Limited substitutability, ecosystem services, subsistence, dual discounting, sustainable development, project evaluation

By: Chiung Ting Chang

Abstract: How to move from current unsustainable pattern of development to a sustainable one? Here we make an attempt to propose a possible route of transition in the perspective of capital. That is to focus on the investment of human capital and of social capital. The strategies for transformation will be also based on the shifting the resources to human-centered investment. Although the plan ...

By: Reinhard Madlener, Wolfgang Sachs, Tilman Santarius, Bernd Draser, Andreas Exner, Ralph Hintemann, Matthias Laschke, Sarah Diefenbach, Marc Hassenzahl, Peter Hennicke, Stefan Thomas

Factory: Rebound-Effekte sind der Dämon der technologischen Effizienz: Ihretwegen sind die versprochenen Einsparungen an Ressourcen nicht so groß wie erwartet, teilweise werden sogar mehr als zuvor verbraucht. Ohne Obergrenzen und Lebensstil-Änderung wird der Dämon wohl nicht zu bändigen sein, heißt es im neuen factory-Magazin Rebound.

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014, Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Commons and Peer Economy at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Commons and Degrowth > Commons are essential for degrowth. They represent an existing alternative to state & market. > Capitalism exploits the commons and depends upon them (p.e. unpaid women's work, enclosed nature). > Commonisation (= reclaiming the Common...

By: Degrowth Conference Leipzig 2014

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Solidarity Economy, Cooperatives and Social Business at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014 Vision > We have to get rid of large scale “for-profit” corporations. > Make an economy in the sense of “people before profit”. Transformation > What role can private Enterprise play in the Transition towards Solidarity Economy? &...

By: Sjak Smulders

Abstract: We document two stylized facts. First, most periods in history have been characterized by per capita GDP growth that was an order of magnitude slower than modern growth in the “old world”. Second, most countries with capitalists institutions have grown steadily and relatively fast. This presents us with a puzzle: does the recent growth slowdown in the capitalist old world mean that th...