Post-growth is not austerity. The political purpose of austerity is to extend the regime of so-called "growth." A better word for growth, though, would be accumulation. The reason national income is defined in terms of production rather than human welfare is that accumulation requires growth of production. Example: more leisure increases welfare but doesn't add anything to growth. Strip-mining mountains adds to "growth" with no deduction for the damage to the environment.
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 7:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > "Tom Walker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > And just what do you suppose all that "science and technology" stuff runs > on? > > Human labor. > > I don't see how austerity can make the world a better place when there > are better alternatives. > > The LED light bulbs that are now available use less power and last longer > then incandescent and fluorescent bulbs. > > -- > Ron > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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