Slow down the degrowth manifesto
"Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to health care, working multiple jobs and are nevertheless unable to make ends meet, with no future prospects, while the planet is burning? In his international bestseller, Kohei Saito argues that while unfettered capit...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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New York :
Astra House,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to health care, working multiple jobs and are nevertheless unable to make ends meet, with no future prospects, while the planet is burning? In his international bestseller, Kohei Saito argues that while unfettered capitalism is often blamed for inequality and climate change, subsequent calls for “sustainable growth” and a “Green New Deal” are a dangerous compromise. Capitalism creates artificial scarcity by pursuing profit based on the value of products rather than their usefulness and by putting perpetual growth above all else. It is therefore impossible to reverse climate change in a capitalist society -- more: the system that caused the problem in the first place cannot be an integral part of the solution. Instead, Saito advocates for degrowth and deceleration, which he conceives as the slowing of economic activity through the democratic reform of labor and production"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781662602368 1662602367 |
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