Junge Wirtschaft: "Degrowth"
Debatte

Debatte
Alpbach, Austria
Improving energy efficiency is not enough for advocates of degrowth, who espouse energy sufficiency as the best way to fight climate change. But their argument is absurd: using limited inputs more efficiently is the definition of economic productivity – which, in turn, boosts growth.
by Gernot Wagner & Conor Walsh
Heated academic debates between proponents and opponents of traditional economic growth under capitalism might make for good television, but they offer little in the way of solutions. Climate change demands that we achieve both growth and degrowth, depending on the activity and economic sector in question.
Project Syndicate Panel Discussion and Q&A with International Media
by Jeremy Proville, Daniel Zavala-Araiza, and Gernot Wagner
by C-Y. Cynthia Lin and Gernot Wagner
Sustainability ≡ Dynamic Efficiency + Intergenerational Equity