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429. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal?

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Is GDP Growth Per Se Dangerous?

i don't think i've ever said g d p, growth per se is dangerous. What i believe is dangerous is that we have economic systems that are structurally dependent on endless growth. There has to come a point at which nations grow up. I'm thinking of zanzibar and low income economies where people are in the hole in the doughnut. My strategy is i don't try to push the doughnut on anyone i have never knocked on a shut door because there is so much energy for transformation in the world that i just go where the energy is....

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