> ... to allow the economy to unwind when it doesn't want to grow. If our ecosphere had a vote, it'd probably oppose this paradigm of "we still desperately nee

> ... to allow the economy to unwind when it doesn't want to grow. If our ecosphere had a vote, it'd probably oppose this paradigm of "we still desperately need a growing economy today". What people do need is the basics: food, shelter, health care ... what they don't need is a turbo charged economy that is still based 80 % on fossil energy and on people being addicted to consumption of throw-away products.