Cultivate ecological enterprises
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Prosperity without Growth »Prosperity without Growth
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Fixing the Economic System? »Fixing the Economic System?
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Decouple economic activity from ecological impact »Decouple economic activity from ecological impact
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How to decouple economic activity from its ecological impact? »How to decouple economic activity from its ecological impact?
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Cultivate ecological enterprises
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Can these activities keep an economy growing?  »Can these activities keep an economy growing?
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What constitutes productive economic activity in this economy?  »What constitutes productive economic activity in this economy?
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Build on existing local/community based social enterprises »Build on existing local/community based social enterprises
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Manipulate “drivers” of growth to achieve stabilisation »Manipulate “drivers” of growth to achieve stabilisation
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Share work more equally to reduce poverty and unemployment »Share work more equally to reduce poverty and unemployment
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Shift towards a more service-based economy »Shift towards a more service-based economy
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Greater sense of well-being and fulfilment as producers and consumers »Greater sense of well-being and fulfilment as producers and consumers
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Help to bind communities together »Help to bind communities together
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Little material throughput in such activities »Little material throughput in such activities
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Hard to make productivity gains in these activities »Hard to make productivity gains in these activities
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Tend to dissipate rather than create narrowly-defined economic wealth »Tend to dissipate rather than create narrowly-defined economic wealth
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Need to monetize externalities to achieve long-term v short-term focus »Need to monetize externalities to achieve long-term v short-term focus
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Bill McKibben »Bill McKibben
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Amartya Sen »Amartya Sen
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