Economists and governments have long equated ‘development’ with ‘economic development’, ignoring the implications of pure economic pursuit. Now facing climate change and planetary resource exhaustion, Jorden and Kimberly consider how Steady State and Degrowth advocates strive to put ‘sustainable’ into ‘development’.
Key Topics Jorden and Kimberly discuss include:
Why Jorden hates Degrowth
Why Kimberly hates the GDP measure
How Steady State and Degrowth differ
Why Degrowth isn’t communism, but a Japanese philosopher pushing to combine the two
What kind of growth the GN and GS countries need
Just how many varieties of Cheez-Its and Oreos we need
What has come to define ‘the good life’ and why we should rethink it
Recommended Resources
Steady State’s organization page and more about Steady State
The origins of Decroissance and more about Degrowth
The World Economic Forum on Degrowth
Kohei Saito’s ‘Degrowth Communism’
Kimberly’s Substack newsletter post
