Understanding Growth and Degrowth

On this week’s Macrodose, James Meadway breaks down: new research in Nature Sustainability examining the prospect of collapsing ecosystems (1.45), and a listener question - what are the alternative models to economic growth, and how can we get there (8.05)?

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Read the Nature Sustainability article here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01157-x

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