Can you describe in a distinct way, the world that we would live in in ten or 20 years under a best case snaro? What does our daily life look like, different than to day? Let's start with work. We're talking about 15 to 20 working hour week. Might not be the best job in the world, but that's what you're doing pretty much as much as to day. Except it's a nice, not for profit cooperatives where you can participate in decision making. Thar'she nicer working conditions and all that, because there's no imperative to cut cost. And then you have all these available hours, which, the way imagine it, that's
On this episode, we meet with social scientist and researcher at the School of Economics and Management of Lund University, Timothée Parrique.
What is degrowth, and how will it help define our future?
Parrique explains how the path to societal degrowth might unfold and the social and physical obstacles we may encounter on our way there.
About Timothée Parrique:
Timothée Parrique is a social scientist, originally from Versailles, France. He is currently a researcher at the School of Economics and Management of Lund University (Sweden).
He holds a PhD in economics from the Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur le Développement (University of Clermont Auvergne, France) and the Stockholm Resilience Centre (Stockholm University, Sweden). Titled “The political economy of degrowth” (2019), his dissertation explores the economic implications of degrowth.
Tim is the author of Ralentir ou périr. L’économie de la décroissance (September 2022, Seuil), a book adaptation in French of his PhD dissertation.
For Show Notes and Transcript visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/32-timothee-parrique