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Note type: Zettel
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  - "#Zettel"
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  - "[[Wright and Nyberg 2015]]"
  - "[[Schmelzer, Vetter & Vansintjan 2022]]"
  - "[[Pansera & Fressoli 2020]]"
  - "[[Carruthers 2023]]"
  - "[[Hickel 2016]]"
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  - "[[Sustainability]]"
  - "[[limits to growth]]"
  - "[[environmental discourses]]"
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  - "[[Herman Daly]]"
aliases:
  - de-growth
Creation date: 2024-05-27
Last modified: 2024-05-27
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## Fleeting notes
## General notes

“it is not possible to combine ecological viability and further net growth. This is of course consistent with growth in some sectors and countries and with a radical redistribution of resources and wealth. But overall it must be de-growth. Of course, whether or not it is possible to have capitalism and degrowth is a moot point.” ([[Bhaskar 2016]], p. 207)

“Capitalism inherently threatens the quality of the environment for future generations because of Consumerism and endless growth in material production. The world is ﬁnite; endless growth in material consumption is simply not compatible with long-term sustainability of the environment. This does not mean that prosperity as such is incompatible with the environment, but simply that prosperity dependent on a dynamic of endless growth is incompatible.” ([[Wright 2013]], p. 8)

Difficulty of decoupling economic production and environmental damage: “This paradox underpins the problem of ‘decoupling’ economic production from its material effects which has proved elusive in both relative and absolute terms (Jackson, 2009).” ([[Wright and Nyberg 2015]], p. 22)

![[Wright and Nyberg 2015#“Steady-state economics and collapse” - degrowth]]

### Key critiques

- [[Piper 2021]]
