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Economic growth isn't working, and it cannot be made to work.
Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in the
context of colonialism, fossil-fueled industrialization, and
capitalist modernity, The Future Is Degrowth argues that the
ideology of growth conceals the rising inequalities and ecological
destructions associated with capitalism, and points to desirable
alternatives to it. Not only in society at large, but also on the
left, we are held captive by the hegemony of growth. Even proposals
for emancipatory Green New Deals or postcapitalism base their
utopian hopes on the development of productive forces, on
redistributing the fruits of economic growth and technological
progress. Yet growing evidence shows that continued economic growth
cannot be made compatible with sustaining life and is not necessary
for a good life for all. This book provides a vision for
postcapitalism beyond growth. Building on a vibrant field of
research, it discusses the political economy and the politics of a
non-growing economy. It charts a path forward through policies that
democratise the economy, "now-topias" that create free spaces for
experimentation, and counter-hegemonic movements that make it
possible to break with the logic of growth. Degrowth perspectives
offer a way to step off the treadmill of an alienating,
expansionist, and hierarchical system. A handbook and a manifesto,
The Future Is Degrowth is a must-read for all interested in
charting a way beyond the current crises.
This book explores the history of the Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its place within capitalist
development. Since 1948, the OECD and its forerunner, the
Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) worked on
almost every subject of interest to national governments ranging
from economic growth to education (PISA rankings), statistics, to
the environment. With varying success the OEEC/OECD thus played a
key role as a warden of the West and of capitalist development.
However, it has remained one of the least understood international
organizations. Bringing together a number of case studies by
scholars from around the world, this first source-based volume on
the history of the OEEC/OECD in global governance offers not only a
new understanding of the Organization's key areas of activities,
but also its multiple relations to member states, other
international organizations, and private networks. The volume thus
critically re-examines postwar international history, most
importantly decolonization and the Cold War, through the prism of
one international organization in its various contexts.
The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of
the twenty-first century. Alarmed by declining growth rates in
industrialized countries, climate change, and rising socio-economic
inequalities, among other challenges, more and more people demand
to look for alternatives beyond growth. However, so far these
current debates about sustainability, post-growth or degrowth lack
a thorough historical perspective. This edited volume brings
together original contributions on different aspects of the history
of economic growth as a central and near-ubiquitous tenet of
developmental strategies. The book addresses the origins and
evolution of the growth paradigm from the seventeenth century up to
the present day and also looks at sustainable development,
sustainable growth, and degrowth as examples of alternative
developmental models. By focusing on the mixed legacy of growth,
both as a major source of expanded life expectancies and increased
comfort, and as a destructive force harming personal livelihoods
and threatening entire societies in the future, the editors seek to
provide historical depth to the ongoing discussion on suitable
principles of present and future global development. History of the
Future of Economic Growth is aimed at students and academics in
environmental, social, economic and international history,
political science, environmental studies, and economics, as well as
those interested in ongoing discussions about growth, sustainable
development, degrowth, and, more generally, the future.
Degrowth is an emerging social movement that overlaps with
proposals for systemic change such as anti-globalization and
climate justice, commons and transition towns, basic income and
Buen Vivir. Degrowth in Movement(s) reflects on the current
situation of social movements aiming at overcoming capitalism,
industrialism and domination. The essays ask: What is the key idea
of the respective movement? Who is active? What is the relation
with the degrowth movement? What can the degrowth movement learn
from these other movements and the other way around? Which common
proposals, but also which contradictions, oppositions and tensions
exist? And what alliances could be possible for broader systemic
transformations? Corinna Bukhart, Matthias Schmelzer, and Nina Treu
have curated an impressive demonstration that there are, beyond
regressive neoliberalism and techno-fixes, emancipatory
alternatives contributing to a good life for all. Degrowth in
Movement(s) explores this mosaic for social-ecological
transformation - an alliance strengthened by diversity.
The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of
the twenty-first century. Alarmed by declining growth rates in
industrialized countries, climate change, and rising socio-economic
inequalities, among other challenges, more and more people demand
to look for alternatives beyond growth. However, so far these
current debates about sustainability, post-growth or degrowth lack
a thorough historical perspective. This edited volume brings
together original contributions on different aspects of the history
of economic growth as a central and near-ubiquitous tenet of
developmental strategies. The book addresses the origins and
evolution of the growth paradigm from the seventeenth century up to
the present day and also looks at sustainable development,
sustainable growth, and degrowth as examples of alternative
developmental models. By focusing on the mixed legacy of growth,
both as a major source of expanded life expectancies and increased
comfort, and as a destructive force harming personal livelihoods
and threatening entire societies in the future, the editors seek to
provide historical depth to the ongoing discussion on suitable
principles of present and future global development. History of the
Future of Economic Growth is aimed at students and academics in
environmental, social, economic and international history,
political science, environmental studies, and economics, as well as
those interested in ongoing discussions about growth, sustainable
development, degrowth, and, more generally, the future.
This book explores the history of the Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its place within capitalist
development. Since 1948, the OECD and its forerunner, the
Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) worked on
almost every subject of interest to national governments ranging
from economic growth to education (PISA rankings), statistics, to
the environment. With varying success the OEEC/OECD thus played a
key role as a warden of the West and of capitalist development.
However, it has remained one of the least understood international
organizations. Bringing together a number of case studies by
scholars from around the world, this first source-based volume on
the history of the OEEC/OECD in global governance offers not only a
new understanding of the Organization's key areas of activities,
but also its multiple relations to member states, other
international organizations, and private networks. The volume thus
critically re-examines postwar international history, most
importantly decolonization and the Cold War, through the prism of
one international organization in its various contexts.
In modern society, economic growth is considered to be the primary
goal pursued through policymaking. But when and how did this
perception become widely adopted among social scientists,
politicians and the general public? Focusing on the OECD, one of
the least understood international organisations, Schmelzer offers
the first transnational study to chart the history of growth
discourses. He reveals how the pursuit of GDP growth emerged as a
societal goal and the ways in which the methods employed to
measure, model and prescribe growth resulted in statistical
standards, international policy frameworks and widely accepted
norms. Setting his analysis within the context of capitalist
development, post-war reconstruction, the Cold War, decolonization,
and industrial crisis, The Hegemony of Growth sheds new light on
the continuous reshaping of the growth paradigm up to the
neoliberal age and adds historical depth to current debates on
climate change, inequality and the limits to growth.
In modern society, economic growth is considered to be the primary
goal pursued through policymaking. But when and how did this
perception become widely adopted among social scientists,
politicians and the general public? Focusing on the OECD, one of
the least understood international organisations, Schmelzer offers
the first transnational study to chart the history of growth
discourses. He reveals how the pursuit of GDP growth emerged as a
societal goal and the ways in which the methods employed to
measure, model and prescribe growth resulted in statistical
standards, international policy frameworks and widely accepted
norms. Setting his analysis within the context of capitalist
development, post-war reconstruction, the Cold War, decolonization,
and industrial crisis, The Hegemony of Growth sheds new light on
the continuous reshaping of the growth paradigm up to the
neoliberal age and adds historical depth to current debates on
climate change, inequality and the limits to growth.
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