“Global warming is not the inevitable result of ‘human nature’ argues economist Parrique in this blistering debut study. Instead, ‘the primary cause of ecological derailment is... capitalism,’ more specifically ‘the frantic pursuit of growth,’ or increased production... Parrique takes readers through a variety of arguments and examples to show how growth cannot possibly lead to less use of the planet’s resources, and that degrowth, or decreased production, does not actually correlate with recessions as modern conventional wisdom assumes... After all, as Parrique drily puts it, ‘Growth creates activities that almost nobody needs and jobs that almost nobody wants.’ The result is an urgent and elegant challenge to the status quo.”
Read the full starred review in Publishers Weekly.
