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    This document provides an analysis between 'growth' and 'post-growth' paradigms. It expands beyond traditional analyses of growth that typically consider growth of an economy, population and natural resource extraction to include aspects of process, our approach to technology and social psychology.

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    This document provides an analysis between 'growth' and 'post-growth' paradigms. It expands beyond traditional analyses of growth that typically consider growth of an economy, population and natural resource extraction to include aspects of process, our approach to technology and social psychology.

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    ‘Growth’ versus ‘post-growth’ visions

    Under question Under consideration


    (a ‘growth’ perspective) (a ‘post-growth’ perspective)
    Unending economic growth Ecological limits to growth
    Macro-economic growth (GDP) as an Genuine progress and other indicators
    indicator of prosperity
    Unfettered population growth Realistic population policies
    (local/national/international)
    Consumer culture/acquisitiveness Ethical consumption/frugality/subsistence/psychological
    well-being
    Trickle-down claims of neo-classical/free- Mechanisms for re-distribution and decentralisation
    market economics
    The personal and social impacts of a debt- Alternative currencies/collective risk
    based culture
    The international impacts of a debt- Sustainable Banking
    based/Ponzi system
    Shareholders Stakeholders
    Private equity/ownership/ inheritance Communal custodianship
    Aid/Ex-pat efforts Autonomy/locally designed and owned initiatives
    Techno-fixes Appropriate technology
    Technology transfer Local innovation/ingenuity: scan globally, apply locally
    ‘Sustainable Development’/Ecological Human, eco-centric development
    modernisation/Greenwashing
    Genetically-modified monocultures Organic biodiversity
    Corporate Social Responsibility Holistic (not reductionist) approach to social
    responsibility
    Free Trade Resilient local economies/bioregionalism first, then fair
    trade
    Corporate globalisation Glocalisation/globalisation from below
    ‘Solutions’/‘cures’ Ways-forward/accepted limitations of
    knowledge/systems thinking/social models
    Micro-credit An inclusive local economy and formal recognition of
    the informal sector (without necessarily
    institutionalisation)
    Top-down Bottom-up
    Structural adjustment/policy proscriptions Local autonomy
    Western ethnocentrism Global pluralism, cultural relativity
    Masculine-dominator narrative Feminine-nurturer perspective
    Expert knowledge Collective wisdom
    Rationalisation/Utilitarianism Deontological ethics
    Western science Critique of science/Holistic science/Indigenous
    knowledge
    Individualism Communitarianism that values the unique gifts/roles of
    all
    Social Needs model Asset-based Community development model
    Corporate mergers/concentration Public/local, decentralised ownership
    International division of labour Multi-skilled workforce
    Necessary unemployment Full employment
    Work = income Work = livelihood
    Private enterprise Right livelihood
    Industrialisation/Western scientific Social innovation
    innovation
    Triple-bottom-line Ecological/social accounting
    Big is better Small is beautiful
    Capitalism/socialism Not-for-profit world
    (Donnie Maclurcan, 2009)

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