De-[Constructing] Growth

Nicholas A. Ashford
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Nicholas A. Ashford: Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 11, 1-3

Abstract: “De-[Constructing] Growth” is offered as a more nuanced conceptualization that avoids the negative connotations of, and resistance to, “degrowth” by decoupling profit from unsustainable consumption, production, and inequality.

Keywords: degrowth; sustainable consumption; sustainable production; inequality; sustainability; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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