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The Limits to Growth — 50 Years Ago and Today

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  • Thomas Döring

    (Hochschule Darmstadt)

  • Birgit Aigner-Walder

    (Fachhochschule Kärnten)

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The Limits to Growth was published 50 years ago. Ordered by the Club of Rome, the study was a milestone in the analysis of the economic, demographic, technical and ecological effects of the existing economic system. In industrialised Western countries in particular, the critical examination of the development model of continuous economic growth led to a broad discussion about the far-reaching implications of a global economy focusing on growth, on a planet with finite natural resources.

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  • Thomas Döring & Birgit Aigner-Walder, 2022. "The Limits to Growth — 50 Years Ago and Today," Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics;Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), vol. 57(3), pages 187-191, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intere:v:57:y:2022:i:3:d:10.1007_s10272-022-1046-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s10272-022-1046-5
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    • F63 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Economic Development
    • F64 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Environment
    • N10 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - General, International, or Comparative

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