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In reply, one question: "Is your population growing?" If your population is growing and your economy isn't, somebody is having problems.
by mcguire 5y ago
In reply, one question: "Is your population growing?"
If your population is growing and your economy isn't, somebody is having problems.
- lcam84 5y agoThis would be true if we didn't account for the extreme inequality of the system. For instance the richest 1 percent more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity [1]. We can have prosperity without growth, and we cannot have infinite growth in a finite planet. [1] https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-richest-1-percent-more-double-emissions-poorest-half-humanity https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-ric...
- mcguire 5y agoThat's actually a separate problem. Or rather, two separate problems: Inequality of growth, and externalized costs of growth.