On AlterNet: growth

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "growth"

5 Ways the British Can Build an Entrepreneurial State - And What the U.S. Can Learn

Mariana Mazzucato, The New Statesman. March 14, 2012.

Economist Mariana Mazzucato sees the key to growth policy as investments in productivity and human capital rather than destructive austerity.

The Biggest Engine of Economic Growth? 8 Ways Taxpayers and the Government Are Necessary to Capitalism

Colin Greer, AlterNet. March 13, 2012.

Almost everything the American capitalist system needs is provided by taxpayer dollars and government action.

Goodbye 'Shop Til You Drop' Mentality: Renegade Band of Economists Call for 'Degrowth' Economy

Christine MacDonald, AlterNet. December 23, 2011.

The road to prosperity and happiness doesn't lead to the shopping mall, as most economists would have you believe.

The Destructive Conservative Myth That Keeps Our Economy in Tatters

David Morris, OnTheCommons.org. August 9, 2011.

We are guided by our superstitions. The newest one? We can grow the economy by shrinking it.

Vision: A Focus on Growing People's Well-Being, Rather Than Profits

James Gustave Speth, YES! Magazine. July 12, 2011.

It might be time we considered living in a post-growth society.

Is Florida Just One New Development Away From Environmental Ruin?

Stan Cox, AlterNet. January 15, 2009.

A thousand people a day move to Florida, but with development gone wild, the state's natural systems have passed the brink of sustainability.

Good Thing We're Going to Have to Live with Less Stuff -- We'll Stay Alive on Earth for Longer That Way

Stan Cox, AlterNet. October 25, 2008.

If we scale down economic activity -- especially if the rich do -- we could all live in a cleaner world.

Environmental Failure: A Ruined Planet Is Closer to Reality

James Gustave Speth, Yale Environment 360. October 21, 2008.

Environmental groups have grown in strength and sophistication, but the environment has continued to go downhill. Why?

In a Perfect Storm of Economic Stagflation, the Yachting Set Says: "Let Them Eat Pizza"

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 31, 2008.

Officially, "stagflation" is a thing of the past, but a deeper look reveals a different, very painful reality for most Americans.

Watering the West: Growth Stops When the Water Runs Out

Sarah Bates, Science Progress. June 17, 2008.

The failure to connect land-use and water planning may have far-reaching and increasingly unacceptable consequences.

Experts Warn of Recession -- Duh, We're Living in One Already

Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. January 10, 2008.

Growth and productivity mean nothing when they are de-coupled from most people's lived experience: being squeezed.

For Businesses, Small Is the New Big

Jay Walljasper, Ode. July 24, 2007.

A growing number of businesses are discovering that getting big is not the best measure of accomplishment. Which are the ones setting the trend?