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About Daniele Vico

Daniele Vico is a PhD candidate in political ecology and ecological economics at the University of Barcelona, Spain. He is a member of the scientific committee of the think tank “Benvenuti in Italia” (Torino, Italy), active in the promotion of degrowth education and advocacy among political activists and policymakers. 

Strategy • 10.10.2025

Neither the either nor the or: for a sideways degrowth

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By: Donatella Gasparro, Daniele Vico

Here we are again: a position in the degrowth movement becomes apparent, strong, almost dominant, and the other side responds, feeling misrepresented. And in reacting, it inevitably ends up claiming to be the herald of the “true Degrowth” and rejecting the contribution of the other side.