Since the 1960s, global GDP has been rapidly rising and living standards have reached record highs. But something else has been rocketing up too – carbon emissions. For years, scientists and economists have been asking: is it possible to grow without heating and polluting the Earth? And as the climate becomes more unstable, the issue is only becoming more urgent. Madeleine Finlay hears from two economists arguing for a change in how we measure a country’s success. Nick Stern is professor of economics and government at the London School of Economics and an advocate of green growth, an approach to growth that prioritises green industry. Jason Hickel is a political economist and professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona who advocates degrowth, shrinking parts of the economy that do not advance our social and ecological goals.
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But there’s also that annoying, gnawing truth: You don’t know what you don’t know. This has, for decades, been an apt adage for describing life in this experimental orbital colony. Eventually, though, different aphorisms will come into play. Yes, it’s true: You don’t know what you don’t know. But we do know that all good things come to an end. And that what goes up must come down.
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