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A major deficiency of the growth-obsessed model driving global neoliberal economic policy is its lack of understanding on the Earth System on which it—and…

This article will be released in full online July 17, 2023. Minqi Li asks: How can China, the world's largest energy consumer, be "de-grown"?

As ecosystems are getting nightmarishly worse, the fable of green growth is acting as a kind of macroeconomic greenwashing, especially when mobilised to discredit other, more radical solutions to the ecological crisis.

Growth Without Economic Growth Economic growth is closely linked to increases in production, consumption and resource use and has detrimental effects on the natural environment and human health. It is unlikely that a long-lasting, absolute decoupling of economic growth from environmental pressures and impacts can be achieved at the global scale; therefore, societies need to rethink what is meant by growth and progress and their meaning for global sustainability. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Key messages The ongoing ‘Great Acc...