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Could "degrowth" have the same fate as "sustainable development"? A discussion on passive revolution in the Anthropocene age

By: Nikos Trantas

The sustainable development discourse, including the modern green growth version, may have aspects that contribute to environmental and social welfare but it is a top down reform project, that aims at correcting the environmental and social externalities resulting from economic growth. It is directed by governments that abide by the logic of capital. Although in principle there is civic engagem...