ICTA PUBLISHES THREE SPECIAL ISSUES ON ECONOMIC DEGROWTH
OECD economies are facing a prolonged period of little or no growth, or even de-growth. This is true of Europe, the United States and Japan. Environmentally this is not bad. It is easier to avoid climate change with less growth. But socially, lack of growth
in growth economies can be catastrophic. Unemployment increases and debt accumulates. How can economies without growth become socially sustainable and economically stable?
This is the research question motivating an interdisciplinary group of researchers at ICTA-UAB, studying the economics and politics of degrowth. This group together with the association Research &Degrowth, have edited in 2012 three volumes on degrowth in the prestigious journals Ecological Economics (vol. 84, p. 171-269), Futures (vol. 44, p. 515-607) and the Journal of Cleaner Production (a journal of industrial ecology) (vol. 38, p. 1-98). The papers can be accessed at:
1. "The Economics of Degrowth":
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09218009/84/supp/C
2. "Democracy and Degrowth":
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00163287/44/6
3. "Theory and Practice of Degrowth":
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09596526/38/supp/C