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Brendan Jones
@Brendanjones@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

We shouldn't abandon a good name just because people misuse it, but imho it's not a good name.

Yes, I've read the arguments from Giorgos Kallis and Erin Remblance on why degrowth is a good name. I disagree, I'm with Raworth on this one: https://systemicalternatives.org/2017/09/01/has-degrowth-outgrown-its-own-name/

#Degrowth

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Brendan Jones
@Brendanjones@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

Trumpism and recession are not the only ways degrowth gets misapplied. For some reason unknown to me, Indian news outlets have started using it to describe market activity.

For example, from this week:
- https://www.deccanherald.com/business/job-cuts-tariff-uncertainties-drag-retail-auto-sales-by-4-3-in-july-3671166
- https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/power/indias-power-demand-rises-by-2-4-in-july-crisil/123236303
- https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/cabinet-approves-700-mw-hydro-electric-project-in-arunachal-pradesh-for-rs-8146-crore-996267
- https://www.greaterkashmir.com/business/electricity-demand-grows-in-july-after-2-months-of-degrowth/

Weird. I'm intensely curious from a linguistic perspective how this came about.

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Brendan Jones
@Brendanjones@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

Fantastic to see Hans Stegeman of Triodos Bank also calling the @TheAtlantic article out; "𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐲."

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hans-stegeman_degrowth-sustainability-economicpolicy-activity-7360379569125687296-dIrs/

#degrowth

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