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Degrowth researchers argue that it is easier to prevent climate change if growth is no longer the main economic objective (Photo: European Space Agency)

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Peer-review shreds 'degrowth' concept — but is the criticism justified?

Why are we so fixated on economic growth, and why is it difficult to imagine a world without ever-increasing consumption? What would a good life within planetary ecological boundaries look like?

These are the core questions degrowth researchers grapple with. But their work just got dunked on in a peer-reviewed journal. 

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

Degrowth researchers argue that it is easier to prevent climate change if growth is no longer the main economic objective (Photo: European Space Agency)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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