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‘Degrowth’ economics may be inevitable
The excessive volume and speed with which resources are extracted and wastes generated will likely cause earth’s ecology to collapse
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The direct cause of the global biosphere disruption remains the excessive volume and speed with which resources are extracted and wastes returned to the environment.
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Mike Joy
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You may not have noticed, but on Aug 2, we passed Earth Overshoot Day,
Many economists criticising the developing degrowth movement fail to appreciate this critical point of earth’s biophysical limits.
