Why it's not anti-environmental to be in favour of economic growth
- Written by Eoin McLaughlin, Professor in Economics, University College Cork
In the midst of today’s cost of living crisis, many people who are critical of the idea of economic growth see an opportunity. In their recent book The Future is Degrowth, for example, prominent advocates Matthias Schmelzer, Aaron Vansintjan and Andrea Vetter argue that the post-Covid inflation has predominantly been caused by the inherent...