#Economics
š„š#ClimateEmergency
How to ādecoupleā emissions from economic growth? These economists say you canāt.
At least, not fast enough to reach international climate targets.
Instead of making growth greener, economists call for a whole new economic paradigm to address converging social and ecological crises. They call it āpost-growth,ā referring to a reorientation away from GDP growth and toward other metrics, like human well-being and ecological sustainability.
@corlin We live in an almost entirely closed system, yet we accept the idea of an economy that is only "healthy" when it is getting bigger and bigger.
That is the problem.
I'm sure the people who sit at the top of an economy that burns 90% of resources, so they can have 90% of what's left would love an economy that grows and grows.
But it makes no logical sense, and defies physical law.
An economy should reach homeostasis, with excess against destabilizing influences and for innovation.
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