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Advancing to a post-growth economy is not only to survive, but also to thrive (Photo: Motta Produções)

Letter

An open manifesto for a post-growth EU

As political leaders gather for a second conference at the European Parliament on how to move "beyond growth", we, the undersigned academics and civil society organisations, see the geopolitical crisis as an opportunity to disengage from the socially and ecologically harmful growth competition and instead embrace a wellbeing cooperation.

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Author Bio

Timothée Parrique is the author of The Political Economy of Degrowth and a researcher at the School of Economics and Management of Lund University. Kate Raworth is the author of Doughnut Economics and senior associate at the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University and professor of practice at Amsterdam University. Vincent Liegey is the co-author of Exploring Degrowth, a Critical Guide and an engineer & coordinator of Cargonomia, a degrowth research & experimentation cooperative in Budapest.

A full list of 400 signatories can be viewed here.

Advancing to a post-growth economy is not only to survive, but also to thrive (Photo: Motta Produções)

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Author Bio

Timothée Parrique is the author of The Political Economy of Degrowth and a researcher at the School of Economics and Management of Lund University. Kate Raworth is the author of Doughnut Economics and senior associate at the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University and professor of practice at Amsterdam University. Vincent Liegey is the co-author of Exploring Degrowth, a Critical Guide and an engineer & coordinator of Cargonomia, a degrowth research & experimentation cooperative in Budapest.

A full list of 400 signatories can be viewed here.

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