The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism [Written by Aaron Vansintjan, Andrea Vetter, Matthias Schmelzer]

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/670959 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism Author: Aaron Vansintjan, Andrea Vetter, Matthias Schmelzer Narrator: Ulf Bjorklund Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 36 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Economics Publisher's Summary: Economic growth isn't working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in the context of colonialism, fossil-fueled industrialization, and capitalist modernity, The Future Is Degrowth argues that the ideology of growth conceals the rising inequalities and ecological destructions associated with capitalism, and points to desirable alternatives to it. Not only in society at large, but also on the left, we are held captive by the hegemony of growth. Even proposals for emancipatory Green New Deals or postcapitalism base their utopian hopes on the development of productive forces, on redistributing the fruits of economic growth and technological progress. Yet growing evidence shows that continued economic growth cannot be made compatible with sustaining life and is not necessary for a good life for all. This book provides a vision for postcapitalism beyond growth. It discusses the political economy and the politics of a non-growing economy. It charts a path forward through policies that democratize the economy, 'now-topias' that create free spaces for experimentation, and counter-hegemonic movements that make it possible to break with the logic of growth. Degrowth perspectives offer a way to step off the treadmill of an alienating, expansionist, and hierarchical system.