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Symposium on Socialism and Degrowth

Socialism Without Growth

Pages 189-206
Received 12 Sep 2016
Accepted 12 Jul 2017
Published online: 17 Oct 2017
 

ABSTRACT

In this article, I take issue with (eco-)socialists who embrace an ecological critique of growth under capitalism, but remain supportive or agnostic of the prospects for socialist growth. First, I argue that economic growth is ecologically unsustainable—whether it is capitalist or socialist does not make a difference. Second, I claim that economic growth rests to a large extent on exploitation. While it is logically possible to have non-exploitative socialist growth, in practice it is unlikely. Third, socialist policies are likely to have a negative effect on growth. A transition to socialism is a transition beyond growth.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

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Funding

This research was supported from the “María de Maeztu” Unit of Excellence (MDM-2015-0552) grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) and the SINALECO grant CSO2014-54513-R SINALECO.

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