29 Lug, 2013
Limits to growth and cognitive limits, traveling into the paradoxes of the human mind
We have been speaking about limits to growth for at least 40 years. What impact the environmental economics had in terms of policy recommendations?
«The ‘limits to growth’ work of the 1970s was not a good model for the real limits to our capacity to grow and develop. These limits lie in the amount of greenhouse gases we can emit and the use we can make of our ecosystems. Environmental economics has shown us how these factors place a limit not so much on the level of growth but on the type of growth we can have. With innovation and a change in our consumption habits we can improve living st…
