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The Degrowth Debate

The degrowth movement emerged to challenge the depoliticization of environmentalism and argue for the incompatibility of continued economic growth and a livable planet. Giorgos Kallis outlines the key tenets of degrowth and explains how it broadens our ideas of the possible. Our panelists discuss the viability and desirability of the degrowth vision.

 

Featuring comments from Nicholas Ashford, Maurie Cohen, Herman Daly, Al Hammond, Michael Karlberg, Rajesh Makwana, Mary Mellor, Robert Nadeau, Robert Paehlke, Richard Rosen, Tilman Santarius, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Allen White, and Anders Wijkman.