“Our fixation with ‘growthism’ is short-sighted and is only making the rich richer while devastating the world’s life support systems”
In a new report to the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Olivier De Schutter captures the environmental destruction and extreme inequality caused by mainstream political and economic thinking. He urges an urgent change in course, calling for the end of GDP as a measure of growth and progress.
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