Ready for Rationing? Why We Should Put the Brakes on Consumption if We Want to Survive

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We face an irresolvable contradiction: We all know intellectually that no kind of growth can go on to infinity, yet if we exist within a capitalist economy, our lives and livelihoods wholly depend on unceasing expansion of economic activity. A year, even a quarter, of slack or negative growth might reduce national carbon emissions but it also triggers widespread human misery.

This erudite and brave man is likely to become a pariah for writing about this inevitable change in our economic behavior...