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Published by Business Day
Low-efficiency or inefficient programmes are replacing those that tackle hunger and illiteracy
Published by Project Syndicate
From their ivory towers, nearly 240 academics have declared that economic growth is bad for Europe and the planet. In two months, they and global supporters of the “no-growth economy” have held conferences in Mexico City, Malmö, and Brussels.
Their efforts herald a return to an earlier, thoroughly debunked form of alarmist environmentalism that is detached from reality and disdainful of billions of the world’s people.
The campaigners claim we must stop economic growth because the planet is crossing environmental boundaries, and inequality between humans is increasing.
Published by Haaretz
By Zafrir Rinat, January 21, 2008, Haaretz
