5 Myths About Degrowth Debunked

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In this video, we will debunk five common myths about degrowth:

0:00 Degrowth is the same as recession
0:58 Degrowth means a reduction in everything
1:58 Degrowthers want everyone to be poorer
2:59 Degrowthers hate modernity/progress/development/want to ‘go back’
4:10 The Degrowth ‘movement’ is just a small group of out-of-touch ‘professional class’ Western academics

Literature and links referred to in the video:
Degrowth is not austerity – it is actually just the opposite: Adopting a degrowth model can ensure abundance for the majority. by Matthias Schmelzer and Aaron Vansintjan
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/20...

Prosperity without Growth by Tim Jackson
https://www.routledge.com/Prosperity-...

Private Sufficiency, Public Luxury by George Monbiot at the Schumacher Centre
https://centerforneweconomics.org/pub...

Challenges for the degrowth transition: The debate about wellbeing by Milena Buchs and Max Koch
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Pluriverse: a postdevelopment dictionary by Ashish Kothari, Ariel Salleh, Arturo Escobar, Alberto Acosta, Federico Demaria
https://www.exploring-economics.org/d...

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