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Episode 152: Interview with Timothée Parrique: why we need to degrow the economy. Now.

Episode 152: Interview with Timothée Parrique: why we need to degrow the economy. Now.

FromThe Sustainability Agenda


Episode 152: Interview with Timothée Parrique: why we need to degrow the economy. Now.

FromThe Sustainability Agenda

ratings:
Length:
72 minutes
Released:
May 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A deep dive with Timothée Parrique on degrowth thinking. In this fascinating interview, Timothee Parrique gives an overview of the latest research on degrowth economics, the compelling underlying logic-- and confronts some of the misunderstandings about degrowth, undermining some of the arguments used against degrowing the economy. Timothée highlights the growing adoption of degrowth ideas in the world of economics, and more importantly, by the IPCC itself—and he discusses the growing evidence that decoupling is not, and has not, taken place, notwithstanding the hopes that many have for green growth. “The new numbers we have tell us that that the decoupling we would need to see in order to make further economic growth in high income nations green…it just has not been delivered.” Timothée Parrique is a researcher at the School of Economics in Lund University, Sweden. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Clermont Auvergne and Stockholm University. Titled “The political economy of degrowth” (2019), his dissertation explores the economic implications of degrowth. Tim is also the lead author of “Decoupling debunked – Evidence and arguments against green growth” (2019), a report published by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB). He blogs at https://timotheeparrique.com and tweets at @timparrique.
Released:
May 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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