Environment versus growth — A criticism of "degrowth" and a plea for "a-growth"

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  2011

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  Ecological Economics

• Publication date

  2011-03-15

• Fields of study

  Philosophy, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ECOLECON.2010.09.035
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