%0 Journal Article
%T De-growth: is not enough
%A Ted Trainer
%J International Journal of Inclusive Democracy
%D 2010
%I The International Network for Inclusive Democracy
%X It is immensely encouraging that the issue of growth has begun to gain more interest. For decades a tiny few have been trying to draw attention to it, with negligible success. The ¡°Declaration from the 2008 Paris Conference¡± is an excellent statement of grounds for scrapping the growth economy. For many years Herman Daly has been arguing for a steady-state economy and more recently Tim Jackson¡¯s Prosperity Without Growth has gained considerable attention.As with the rapidly emerging Transition Towns movement I think we are dealing with extremely important initiatives, which are heading in directions that are admirable¡­but which are unfortunately mistaken regarding the nature of the global problem and the way out of it. If I am right the task is to try to persuade these potentially planet-saving movements towards more comprehensive visions and goals and more effective strategies. I think Takis Fotopoulos is basically right in his commentary on the de-growth initiative[5] and my comments are mostly intended to elaborate and reinforce the Inclusive Democracy analysis.
%K de-growth
%K inclusive democracy
%K simpler way
%U http://www.inclusivedemocracy.org/journal/pdf%20files/pdf%20vol6/De-growth%20is%20not%20enough.pdf