Degrowth is Not Recession. Nor is it Austerity.
There is a mistaken belief that degrowing a wealthy economy means that people will suffer. There is, implicit in this stance, a notion that our growth-based economy is necessary to ensure we are meeting everyone’s needs. That changing this system is not desirable, or even possible: infinite growth on our finite our planet is our only option. It shows just how significantly our collective minds have been ‘capitalised', and how our current economic framework restricts our thinking.