Environment versus growth — A criticism of "degrowth" and a plea for "a-growth"

By J. Bergh. 2011

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Energy consumption, CO2 emissions and economic growth: an ethical dilemma (2017, background): “…concepts are particularly complex, as they involve a generalised deviation from the standard practices of the capitalist economy which qualify GDP as a suitable measure of social welfare (van den Bergh, 2011; van den Bergh and Kallis, 2012; Bauhardt, 2014; Buch-Hansen, 2014; Videira et al., 2014).”
Circular futures: What Will They Look Like? (2020, background): “…circularity could trigger a period of low or negative GDP growth (since these scenarios aim at deliberately downscaling production and consumption), possibly resulting in unintended social and economic instability, while being uncertain to meet the desired environmental aims (van den Bergh, 2011).”
The economics of degrowth (2012, background): “Degrowth may also create unemployment, reduce state expenditures and reduce social welfare (van den Bergh, 2011).”
Social enterprises and non-market capitals: a path to degrowth? (2013, background): “While the term remains contested and ambiguous (van den Bergh, 2011; Kallis, 2011), we tend to agree with Kallis that degrowth (or “sustainable” degrowth, which in our perspective are synonyms) should not be reduced to the vision of an economy with a declining GDP.”
Digitalization and energy consumption. Does ICT reduce energy demand? (2020, background): “…2019; Petschow et al., 2018), degrowth (Kallis, 2011; Kallis et al., 2018, 2012; Vandeventer et al., 2019; Weiss and Cattaneo, 2017), a-growth (van den Bergh, 2011; van den Bergh and Kallis, 2012), economies without growth (Jackson, 2016; Lange, 2018; Victor, 2019) and parts of the literature…”
The growth paradox, sustainable development, and business strategy (2021, background): “The term “degrowth” has been used to refer to reduced levels of economic activity at multiple levels from global GDP to local consumption and production cycles (van den Bergh, 2011).”
Economic democracy: A path for the future? (2012, background): “Ecological tax reform (which entails higher taxation of material and energy capital consumption and lower taxation of work) could help internalise the environmental externalities of large corporations as well as change consumer behaviour [28].”
“Friday off”: Reducing Working Hours in Europe (2013, background): “Regulation of environmental standards and taxation of environmental goods and externalities can shift such prices against resource-intensive goods and provide incentives for less resource-intensive forms of consumption and leisure [55].”
Assessing the degrowth discourse: A review and analysis of academic degrowth policy proposals (2017, background): “If this is not done, then there is the danger that degrowth proposals will remain ambiguous and confusing in the context of policy debates, an issue raised by van den Bergh (2011).”
Building a Sustainable and Desirable Economy-in-Society-in-Nature (2013, background): “However it does not guarantee a shift to cleaner consumption [114].”
Degrowth: from theory to practice (2013, background): “The first one concerns the understanding of degrowth in squarely economic terms, or as aiming at a reduction of GDP (e.g. Van den Bergh, 2011).”