Safeguarding livelihoods against reductions in economic output

Jefim Vogel, Gauthier Guerin, Daniel W. O'Neill and Julia K. Steinberger

Ecological Economics, 2024, vol. 215, issue C

Abstract: Secular stagnation, escalating socio-ecological crises, and the urgent need to scale back resource use in affluent countries make reductions in economic output increasingly likely. In this context, the prevailing vulnerability of livelihoods to a reduction in output poses a fundamental threat, and obstructs stringent environmental policies that reduce production or consumption.

Keywords: Livelihoods; Economic growth dependence; Post-growth; Sustainable welfare; Profit maximisation; Eco-social policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107977

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