How radical is the Green New Deal?
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https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v51i202.1928Keywords:
ecological economics, green growth, degrowth, work, imperial mode of livingAbstract
The idea of a Green New Deal (GND) is not new, but the last couple of years have seen the development of a range of - more or less radical - proposals, especially from left-wing groups. This article analyses four GND proposals and ask whether they are radical enough to provide a basis for the needed social-ecological transformation. Although there are many progressive and radical elements in these proposals, the article concludes that they do not go far enough. The main problem is that a New Deal is by its very nature an economic growth-project, and hence furthers the myth of the possibility of green growth.
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