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Growing by decreasing

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  • Andrei Cechin
  • José Eli da Veiga

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To justify the thesis under the motto “growing by decreasing,” this paper presentsthree arguments. First, the evolution of ideas about tackling the environmental side effectsof economic growth went from “limits to growth” to the unifying concept of “beyondgrowth,”with “green growth” and “degrowth” as two poles of the recent debate. Second,there are indications of important convergences regarding policy prescriptions in any “greenstrategy.” Third, some clues suggest that, despite the convergences, the main challenge isovercoming the inertia in production-consumption systems by destabilizing the dominantconfiguration and inducing a change in consumers’ preferences. JEL Classification: O33; 038; O44; Q56; Q57; Q58.

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  • Andrei Cechin & José Eli da Veiga, 2024. "Growing by decreasing," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 44(4), pages 753-768.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:44:y:2024:i:4:p:753-768:id:2481
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    Keywords

    Green growth; degrowth; strategy; technological change; transition;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O44 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Environment and Growth
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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