
Limitless Growth Is Possible If We Run Our Economies Correctly
Economics Explained
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A Zero Growth World
If we don't increase our usage of resources, then things like pollution and greenhouse gas omissions will also stagnate. But asking a developing nation to not improve the lives of their citizens because all the advanced economies have screwed up the planet is kind of unfair. It's also an unfair thing to ask of even the wealthiest nations in the world. As the world has grown, it has grown more unequal. I'm not a political scientist, but it is very easy to predict that this would have some negative impacts on social stability. Even if it doesn't come to riots and guillotines. We are likely to hit first with the damage that the exploitation of all these resources is doing to
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