Growth v Post-growth
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‘Growth’ versus ‘post-growth’ visions Under question (a ‘growth’ perspective) Under consideration (a ‘post-growth’ perspective) Unending economic growth Ecological limits to growth Macro-economic growth (GDP) as an indicator of prosperity Genuine progress and other indicators Unfettered population growth Realistic population policies (local/national/international) Consumer culture/acquisitiveness Ethical consumption/frugality/subsistence/psychological well-being Trickle-down claims of neo-classical/free- market economics Mechanisms for re-distribution and decentralisation The personal and social impacts of a debt- based culture Alternative currencies/collective risk The international impacts of a debt- based/Ponzi system Sustainable Banking Shareholders Stakeholders Private equity/ownership/ inheritance Communal custodianship Aid/Ex-pat efforts Autonomy/locally designed and owned initiatives Techno-fixes Appropriate technology Technology transfer Local innovation/ingenuity: scan globally, apply locally ‘Sustainable Development’/Ecological modernisation/Greenwashing Human, eco-centric development Genetically-modified monocultures Organic biodiversity Corporate Social Responsibility Holistic (not reductionist) approach to social responsibility Free Trade Resilient local economies/bioregionalism first, then fair trade Corporate globalisation Glocalisation/globalisation from below ‘Solutions’/‘cures’ Ways-forward/accepted limitations of knowledge/systems thinking/social models Micro-credit An inclusive local economy and formal recognition of the informal sector (without necessarily institutionalisation) Top-down Bottom-up Structural adjustment/policy proscriptions Local autonomy Western ethnocentrism Global pluralism, cultural relativity Masculine-dominator narrative Feminine-nurturer perspective Expert knowledge Collective wisdom Rationalisation/Utilitarianism Deontological ethics Western science Critique of science/Holistic science/Indigenous knowledge Individualism Communitarianism that values the unique gifts/roles of all Social Needs model Asset-based Community development model Corporate mergers/concentration Public/local, decentralised ownership International division of labour Multi-skilled workforce Necessary unemployment Full employment Work = income Work = livelihood Private enterprise Right livelihood Industrialisation/Western scientific innovation Social innovation Triple-bottom-line Ecological/social accounting Big is better Small is beautiful Capitalism/socialism Not-for-profit world (Donnie Maclurcan, 2009)
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This document provides an analysis between 'growth' and 'post-growth' paradigms. It expands beyond traditional analyses of growth that typically consider growth of an economy, population and natural resource extraction to include aspects of process, our approach to technology and social psychology.
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‘Growth’ versus ‘post-growth’ visions
Under question
(a ‘growth’ perspective)
Under consideration
(a ‘post-growth’ perspective) Unending economic growth Ecological limits to growth
Macro-economic growth (GDP) as an
indicator of prosperity
Genuine progress and other indicators
Unfettered population growth Realistic population policies
(local/national/international)
Consumer culture/acquisitiveness Ethical consumption/frugality/subsistence/psychological
well-being
Trickle-down claims of neo-classical/free-
market economics
Mechanisms for re-distribution and decentralisation
The personal and social impacts of a debt-
based culture
Alternative currencies/collective risk
The international impacts of a debt-
based/Ponzi system
Sustainable Banking
Shareholders Stakeholders
Private equity/ownership/ inheritance Communal custodianship
Aid/Ex-pat efforts Autonomy/locally designed and owned initiatives
Techno-fixes Appropriate technology
Technology transfer Local innovation/ingenuity: scan globally, apply locally
‘Sustainable Development’/Ecological
modernisation/Greenwashing
Human, eco-centric development
Genetically-modified monocultures Organic biodiversity
Corporate Social Responsibility Holistic (not reductionist) approach to social
responsibility
Free Trade Resilient local economies/bioregionalism first, then fair
trade
Corporate globalisation Glocalisation/globalisation from below
‘Solutions’/‘cures’ Ways-forward/accepted limitations of
knowledge/systems thinking/social models
Micro-credit An inclusive local economy and formal recognition of
the informal sector (without necessarily
institutionalisation)
Top-down Bottom-up
Structural adjustment/policy proscriptions Local autonomy
Western ethnocentrism Global pluralism, cultural relativity
Masculine-dominator narrative Feminine-nurturer perspective
Expert knowledge Collective wisdom
Rationalisation/Utilitarianism Deontological ethics
Western science Critique of science/Holistic science/Indigenous
knowledge
Individualism Communitarianism that values the unique gifts/roles of
all
Social Needs model Asset-based Community development model
Corporate mergers/concentration Public/local, decentralised ownership
International division of labour Multi-skilled workforce
Necessary unemployment Full employment
Work = income Work = livelihood
Private enterprise Right livelihood
Industrialisation/Western scientific
innovation
Social innovation
Triple-bottom-line Ecological/social accounting
Big is better Small is beautiful
Capitalism/socialism Not-for-profit world
(Donnie Maclurcan, 2009)
