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429. Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal?

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Are You Taking Steps Toward a Kind of D Growth?

I think we have to consume less, but also do things differently. Andavhevy use already existing resources instead of mining all these new raw materials and shipping them around the world. There are a lot of efficiencies in that, because you're transporting things in mass quantities. The flip side is, if you were to try to manufacture more things locally or nationally, then there are inefficiencies in that. So i am curious whether you feel that you're taking steps toward a kind of d growth. Mine said, i don't think de growth is a goal, but this also not a goal....

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