Name: Our Addiction to Economic Growth Is Killing Us - We Need Degrowth Now
Uploaded: 2017-08-15T08:29:19
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Description: In this Viewsnight, anthropologist Jason Hickel asks if economic growth really makes our lives better. He is the author of The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions.

Our Addiction to Economic Growth Is Killing Us - We Need Degrowth Now

In this Viewsnight, anthropologist Jason Hickel asks if economic growth really makes our lives better. He is the author of The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions.

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