This Policy Brief gives the key findings of the study "A post-growth society for the 21st century", published in November 2013 by IDDRI.
Extract:
"Since the 1970s, growth rates in the wealthiest European countries have remained structurally subdued, and Europe is not the only region concerned. Yet, in many discourses, from the rightwing and left-wing alike, growth is presented as a sine qua non of individual and collective prosperity. Prosperity is not only necessary, it is also achievable, provided that we give ourselves the wherewithal. Some policy makers even hope for the return of an economic 'Golden Age' or the advent of a new industrial revolution. For the generations born after the thirty-year-long post-war boom who have never known growth rates over 2%, this type of discourse seems outdated."
