Peter Kalmus: ‘As a species, we’re on autopilot, not making the right decisions’
Ian Tuckertheguardian.com
Peter Kalmus: ‘As a species, we’re on autopilot, not making the right decisions’
It’s really quite straightforward. Right now, the dominant assumption in economics is that all sectors of the economy must grow, all the time, regardless of whether or not we actually need them to. This is an irrational way to manage an economy at the best of times, but during an ecological emergency it is clearly dangerous. Instead, we should deci
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