Questions tagged [economy]
23 questions
18
votes
5 answers
Are economies that need growth unsustainable?
The presently dominant economic system appears to require exponential economic growth. I may be wrong, but whether or not it is is a question that is off-topic here — for the sake of this question, suppose that our economy needs growth and that a…
gerrit
- 2,639
- 21
- 32
4
votes
3 answers
Is interest sustainable?
Organisations such as JAK and Rentevrij argue that economic interest is fundamentally unsustainable, because it requires perpetual exponential economic growth, something impossible in a finite ecological system.
Can interest and sustainability…
gerrit
- 2,639
- 21
- 32