Apropos this dialogue, there is an interesting paper "Herman Daly: Towards A Steady-State Economy" at <http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3941> http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3941.
Peter Hollings Max Sawicky: Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:40 PM I'll take a swing at it, after stipulating that I am down with the shorter work week agenda. At least, I think I am. We might want to ratchet down the level of hours per working age person, but ongoing growth in productivity (where output includes non-market amenities and accounts properly for environmental costs) is hard to reject. It takes affirmative action to rebuild coastal wetlands, restore natural habitats, create alternative energy sources, save endangered species, help the developing world, explore the universe, and other good stuff. Growth is not necessarily individualist consumerism. Regarding work time, lengthier periods of education prior to work and retirement after are in some sense a substitute for shorter hours, in terms of well-being. Finally, the problem of the poor and the working class to a great extent is not too much consumerism.
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