Why Do We Define Success As Growth? Success Might Actually Mean “De-Growing”

On this midsummer morning, 40 thinkers and activists have come togetherto challenge the core economic orthodoxy of our time: that growth is themost critical measure of human flourishing, an axiom that seemsincreasingly untenable in the age of accelerating climate change. TheHotel Belvédère du Rayon Vert symbolizes the very empire these adherentsof “degrowth,”as the movement is known, wish to overthrow: consumption, wealth,inequality, travel, and cement, the whole modern