Post-Growth

The capitalist emphasis on working hard as the key to success comfortably ignores an ugly reality: that the workforce faces worsening conditions and increasing precarity, while extractivism has brought the planet to the verge of ecological collapse. From the teachings of André Gorz to Gen Z’s quest for work-life balance, liberating time is at the centre of endeavours to achieve a better life – not just to consume freely as individuals, but to come together as a community.

Can Europe take the lead in normalising a better, more sustainable wellbeing indicator?

How can arts and culture help reorient collective goals and expectations towards more sustainable futures?

Economic growth was long seen as the surest route to poverty eradication. That wisdom has since been dispelled. In its place, an emphasis on securing society-wide equality and wellbeing has emerged, but policymakers have yet to catch up.

Justin O’Connor views culture as part of society’s basic infrastructure.

Florent Marcellesi sketches the contours of a new abundance.

There is much more to resilience than hard power, writes Arūnas Burinskas.

Natalie Bennett and Edouard Gaudot reconcile individual autonomy with collective care and the respect of limits.

Even in neo-peasant communities dedicated to degrowth and progressive anti-capitalist values, sexism can creep in.

​​​The case for progressive policies is often built on their potential for increased productivity. Yet maximising output is not what we need.