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Voluntary Simplicity and the Steady-State Economy

February 1, 2022

Voluntary Simplicity and the Steady-State Economy Voluntary simplicity is most basically characterized by the practices of mindfulness and material sufficiency. Through bringing mindfulness to our daily lives, we seek the maximum of well-being achievable through the minimum of material consumption. Well-being applies to all life forms on Earth, not just people. The practice of sufficiency implies conscious moderation […]

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Aggregate green growth is a mirage: we need to take a more scientific approach to societal wellbeing

November 13, 2020

Aggregate green growth is a mirage: we need to take a more scientific approach to societal wellbeing In the spring of 2020, the new Irish government announced its desire to develop new measures of well-being and progress in Ireland. The idea was given some prominence in the Programme for Government, ‘Our Shared Future’. This is exactly […]

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Giorgos Kallis’ Degrowth | A review by Sarah Hafner

November 17, 2018

Giorgos Kallis’ Degrowth | A review by Sarah Hafner Rethinking our economic paradigms is an urgent and fundamentally important task. Giorgos Kallis’ new book Degrowth is adding to a joint endeavour of postgrowth thinking, CUSP PhD candidate Sarah Hafner finds. It offers both, a justification as well as a vision and new imaginary for the degrowth […]

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Is the “world” actually getting better? Depends on your definition of “world”

November 4, 2018

Is the “world” actually getting better? Depends on your definition of “world” A frequent critique of the daily news flow is that it is filled with negative events. This is partly a product of the human nervous system. We react very quickly to perceived threats and more slowly to hope of gain or pleasure. Editors […]

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Strong GDP Data and Individuals’ Wellbeing

September 26, 2018

STRONG GDP DATA AND INDIVIDUALS’ WELLBEING In the New York Times September 14 2018 in an article – We’re Measuring The Economy All Wrong, the writer of the article David Leonhardt complains that despite strong gross domestic product data (GDP) most people don’t feel it. The writer of the article argues that, The trouble is […]

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Human well-being, economic growth and so-called decoupling

December 3, 2017

Human well-being, economic growth and so-called decoupling Some people claim that humans—called breatharians—can live on air alone. Others claim we can have economic growth without increasing our resource use, so-called decoupling. Neither claim withstands scrutiny though here I am only going to deal with the second one. Hidden beneath the claim of decoupling is the […]

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Free Speech Leads to Tolerance and Prosperity

October 26, 2017

Free Speech Leads to Tolerance and Prosperity The protection of free speech, including and especially offensive speech, is vitally important to a country’s well-being. J.S. Mill was an early advocate for our current view of free speech. He wrote, “If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary […]

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