rethinking economic growth: toward an international degrowth network

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  6:30pm,January12,2009attheHubKing’sCross,London

  I.PoliDcsandDegrowthDr.MauroBonaiu,,UniversityofTurin(Italy)

  II.CivilSocietyandDegrowthinEuropeLeidaRijnhout,ANPED(Netherlands)

  III.DegrowthandtheFirmAndreReichel,StuEgartUniversity(Germany)

  IV.PoliciesforSustainableEconomiesDr.StevenSpraE,NewEconomicsFounda,on(UK)andProfessorTimJackson,UniversityofSurrey(UK)

Thegoalofthiseventiscontributetotheestablishmentandconsolida,onofanInterna,onalDegrowthnetwork,onethatvaluesthecomplementarityanddiversityofthemanyemergingEuropeanmovements,andencouragesandenablescollabora,onbetweenresearchersandCSOsinordertomovetowardrealizingaDegrowthsociety.

Rethinking Economic Growth: Toward an International Degrowth Network

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Growth in Transition

•  International Conference 28 and 29 January 2010, Vienna •  Scientific Workshop 27 January 2010, Vienna •  An Initiative of the Austrian Environment Ministry in cooperation with 15 partners •  Does economic growth solve our problems (such as unemployment, increasing

poverty or environmental pollution), or does it cause these problems? •  The conference deliberately tackles a broad range of topics in order to involve

as many different stakeholders as possible to trigger a wide public debate.

http://www.growthintransition.eu

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  GrowthinTransi,onwillbediscussedonthebasisofthefollowingthemes:

•MoneyandtheFinancialSystem•GrowthandResourceUse•SocialJus,ceandPoverty•SustainableProduc,onandConsump,on•RegionalAspects•MacroeconomicsforSustainability

•QualityofLifeandMeasurementofProsperity•Work•Governance•SustainableManagement

  Thekeythemesarealsodiscussedontheinternet(seehEp://www.growthintransi,on.eu/discussion‐forum/)

Growth in Transition

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The second international conference on degrowth will develop clear policy proposals and strategies for action on degrowth and define the key open questions and research agenda.

High emphasis on the development of cooperative research in the areas of money, work, infrastructure, advertising, natural resources, housing, basic income and income ceiling etc.

Degrowth 2.0