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Post-growth : the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries
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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Health (social science)
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
Health (social science)
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/26563
Abstract
There are increasing concerns that continued economic growth in high-income countries might not be environmentally sustainable, socially beneficial, or economically achievable. In this Review, we explore the rapidly advancing field of post-growth research, which has evolved in response to these concerns. The central idea of post-growth is to replace the goal of increasing GDP with the goal of improving human wellbeing within planetary boundaries. Key advances discussed in this Review include: the development of ecological macroeconomic models that test policies for managing without growth; understanding and reducing the growth dependencies that tie social welfare to increasing GDP in the current economy; and characterising the policies and provisioning systems that would allow resource use to be reduced while improving human wellbeing. Despite recent advances in post-growth research, important questions remain, such as the politics of transition, and transformations in the relationship between the Global North and the Global South.
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2025-01
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10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00310-3