[MCN] 2 critiques of "growth" economics

[Lance Olsen]

Why the Economy Should Stop Growing-And Just Grow Up
David Korten posted May 04, 2016
http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/why-the-economy-should-stop-growing-and-just-grow-up-20160504

1st 2 paragraphs

Listen to the political candidates as they put 
forward their economic solutions. You will hear a 
well-established and rarely challenged narrative. 
"We must grow the economy to produce jobs so 
people will have the money to grow their 
consumption, which will grow more jobsŠ" Grow. 
Grow. Grow.

But children and adolescents grow. Adults mature. 
It is time to reframe the debate to recognize 
that we have pushed growth in material 
consumption beyond Earth's environmental limits. 
We must now shift our economic priority from 
growth to maturity-meeting the needs of all 
within the limits of what Earth can provide.

http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/why-the-economy-should-stop-growing-and-just-grow-up-20160504

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"The first commandment of economics is: Grow. 
Grow forever. Companies get bigger. National 
economies need to swell by a certain percent each 
year. People should want more, make more, earn 
more, spend more -- ever more."

Donella Meadows. Just So Much And No More. Yes magazine June 30, 2001
http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/reclaiming-the-commons/437

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"Once we finally reach a decision we are relieved 
to have the uncertainly of decision making behind 
us. And now somebody turns up and tells us things 
that call the wisdom of that decision into 
question again." (pp. 99-100)

Dietrich Dorner. The Logic of Failure: 
Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex 
Situations.
1989 in German by Rowolt Verlag GMBH.
1996 in English by Metropolitan Books, Perseus Books.
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