Solving the human sustainability problem in short-termist societies

Society has so far failed to create a sustainable economic system because all conventional attempts to change the current paradigm lead to a short-term decline in the rate economic growth, resulting in higher inequality and unemployment, outcomes which are politically unacceptable. This article sho...

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Autores principales:	Graeme Maxton, Jorgen Randers
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Publicado:	The White Horse Press 2021
Materias:	economic growth climate change population unconventional policy options inequality sustainability Environmental sciences GE1-350 Demography. Population. Vital events HB848-3697
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f6547ab9ffea46c8a71a03a824c957cd2021-12-02T17:45:49ZSolving the human sustainability problem in short-termist societies10.3197/jps.2017.1.2.112398-54882398-5496https://doaj.org/article/f6547ab9ffea46c8a71a03a824c957cd2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/611https://doaj.org/toc/2398-5488https://doaj.org/toc/2398-5496 Society has so far failed to create a sustainable economic system because all conventional attempts to change the current paradigm lead to a short-term decline in the rate economic growth, resulting in higher inequality and unemployment, outcomes which are politically unacceptable. This article shows how to overcome this hurdle, by adopting 13 unconventional policies which reduce unemployment and inequality while cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, regardless of what happens to economic growth, and so allow for a gradual transition to a sustainable system in short-termist societies. Graeme MaxtonJorgen RandersThe White Horse Pressarticleeconomic growthclimate changepopulationunconventional policy optionsinequalitysustainabilityEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Demography. Population. Vital eventsHB848-3697ENThe Journal of Population and Sustainability, Vol 1, Iss 2 (2021)
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description	Society has so far failed to create a sustainable economic system because all conventional attempts to change the current paradigm lead to a short-term decline in the rate economic growth, resulting in higher inequality and unemployment, outcomes which are politically unacceptable. This article shows how to overcome this hurdle, by adopting 13 unconventional policies which reduce unemployment and inequality while cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, regardless of what happens to economic growth, and so allow for a gradual transition to a sustainable system in short-termist societies.
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Solving the human sustainability problem in short-termist societies

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