Better perspective: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/five-measures-of-growth-that-are-better-than-gdp https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/five-measure

Better perspective: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/five-measures-of-growth-that-are-better-than-gdp https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/04/five-measures-of-grow... (note that World Economic Forum is far from some radical hippy organization) Another perspective: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/12/doughnut-growth-economics-book-economic-model https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/12/doughn... There are simple places where growth necessarily means we're beyond some limit and causing more problems the more we grow. Growth is not the goal, the goal is well-being and health. Growth is only the goal when we're under the level that maximizes well-being and have room to grow before problems start getting exacerbated.