EPISODE · Nov 29, 2022 · 27 MIN
Forever growth
from Fuzzy Logic Science Show · host Fuzzy Logic Science Show
At the heart of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a contradiction: by assuming the Ever Bigger Pie economic model, everybody will be better off. But can that really happen? We explore how the SDGs got this way and the thinking behind them. Dr Kerryn Higgs who is writer and historian, Associate Member Club of Rome (speaking here on her own behalf), and author of Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet (MIT Press, 2014). She's also author of two chapters in Sustainability and the New Economics (Springer, 2022). Interview by Rod who is co-editor of the Springer book. @FuzzyLogicSci
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At the heart of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a contradiction: by assuming the Ever Bigger Pie economic model, everybody will be better off. But can that really happen? We explore how the SDGs got this way and the thinking behind them. Dr Kerryn Higgs who is writer and historian, Associate Member Club of Rome (speaking here on her own behalf), and author of Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet (MIT Press, 2014). She's also author of two chapters in Sustainability and the New Economics (Springer, 2022). Interview by Rod who is co-editor of the Springer book. @FuzzyLogicSci
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