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Historical waves of ecological economics - Inge Røpke

Economics for Rebels

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The Risk of a New Backlash After the Corona Crisis?

I think that in a way you can say there are two possibilities, because corona can also open opportunities. There is so much discussion about how to restart the economy. So we could use this opportunity to make investments in greening the economy. But I'm afraid that we also face a risk of the opposite, because many people really want to get back to normal as quickly as possible. This situation is a paradox that is similar to the energy crisis,. The energy crisis really should make you think in ecological economic terms. It illustrates that we cannot keep on treating nature the way we do.

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