I must confess: I spend way too much time reading criticisms of degrowth. While there is plenty to go around (here is a list for fellow aficionados of conceptual brawl), it is – unfortunately – rare to stumble upon a constructive critique. But every now and then, something shiny ends up in my sieve, like the […]
Tag: The Political Economy of Degrowth
Last week, I was only an economist. But now, I am also a magician. On February 20th, Branko Milanović published a post on his personal blog accusing degrowth of “magical thinking.” As a specialist of the topic, I have no choice but to come clean about my supernatural abilities. This is not the first time. Milanović already […]
Quelle surprise de voir Le Monde Diplomatique publier l’article « Mirages de la décroissance » de Leigh Phillips, auteur de Austerity Ecology & the Collapse-Porn Addicts (2015). Qu’on parle de décroissance n’est pas surprenant. En effet, la discussion anglophone autour du sujet est en pleine effervescence avec, seulement en 2020, plus de 200 articles dans les médias, 72 articles scientifiques, 11 livres, […]