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But isn't lack of growth destabilizing?

"Economic research has shown that the desired (or optimal) rate of consumption growth might decline to close to zero if (environmental) risks associated with new technologies and people's preferences for safety are taken into account. From a post-growth perspective, the problem then is not that growth might be coming to an end, but rather that, given that economic and political systems are dependent on growth for their stability, stagnation under capitalism poses substantial risks to institutional stability. How to prosper without growth therefore becomes a crucial question."

#DeGrowth #capitalism

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(24)00310-3/fulltext