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Timothée Parrique responds to Jacobin Magazine's latest entry in its intensely anti-degrowth campaign:

"Ten years ago, this piece would have still been shameful but at least with the excuse of dealing with a new, niche topic. In 2024, however, after decades of extensive research on degrowth, such pseudo-scientific boohoos can no longer be tolerated. I would have cut some slack to a politician or a business leader, but a university scholar has no excuse for producing an analysis that superficial. In light of the recent convergence between degrowth and eco-socialism, this is a step backward. Silver lining: these anti-degrowth whimpers might actually make degrowth more popular. As Rubén Vezzoni commented: 'turns out the best argument for degrowth is the intellectual meagreness of its detractors.'"

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https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-03-04/a-response-to-daniel-driscoll-another-slice-of-degrowth-bashing/