Sublime

Herman Daly.

There is now a fast-growing list of alternative metrics, including the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare and the Genuine Progress Indicator, both of which set out to correct GDP for social and ecological costs. And this new thinking is beginning to trickle into policy too. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern captured headlines in 2019 w

These included a prohibition on privatized water extraction; land redistribution and other policies to create pathways for “re-ruralization”; “more explicit and systemic disaster planning”; a Green New Deal that would also transform agricultural and water practices; as well as being ready in moments of crisis to move radical ideas from politically

Si nous voulons y voir plus clair et avancer, il nous faudra répondre à quelques questions importantes, rarement posées dans le débat politique. Nous sommes d’accord pour régler le problème climatique, mais du point de vue et dans l’intérêt de qui ? Est-ce l’humanité que l’on veut sauver, ou juste sa fraction blanche et fortunée ? Quelle écologie g

“Our economy is at war with many forms of life on earth, including human life,”45 and sometimes the solution: we need a “Marshall Plan for the Earth.”

Septièmement, être agnostique en matière de croissance. Un des schémas de la théorie économique est si dangereux qu’il n’est jamais réellement dessiné : le trajet à long terme de la croissance du PIB.