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Jason Hickel on the need for De-Growth
11th August 2017
Anthropologist at the LSE, Jason Hickel argues in this two minute piece for Newsnight that we need to overcome our addiction to GDP.
He makes the case for using the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) as a better metric for sustainable and inclusive growth than narrower measures of national income and output.
This is an absolutely brilliant idea. "Why Facebook should pay us a basic income": https://t.co/M4c8ihWs0H
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) August 8, 2017
GDP to grow at 1.8% p.a., carbon intensity to decline at 1.9%. They cancel out. De-growth is the only option here. https://t.co/u4Ap0vTzfS
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) August 2, 2017
Does economic growth really make our lives better? @jasonhickel says our addiction to it is killing us #viewsnight pic.twitter.com/AovWUu3Aqo
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) August 10, 2017
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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