The Globe Downshifted Summary

According to Merriam- Webster, degrowth is defined as “a negative growth of an economy or population, a decrease of a prolonged period of growth” (Merriam-Webster). In the article “The Globe Downshifted”, by Latouche, he theorizes that the prevention of degrowth is due to the economical strategies that they impose. He proposes that, “capitalism cannot help but destroy the planet much as it destroys society, since the very idea of the market depends on unlimited excess and domination” (Latouche 3). While in the article “Crisis or Opportunity”, written by Schneider, Giorgos Kallis, and Joan Martinez-Allier, all define degrowth as a
“degrowth trajectory..for consuming less through lifestyles, political measures, and technologies which embody..limits