The Degrowth Movement from the Perspective of the Simpler Way

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Notes

¹ Fotopoulos (2007) criticies Latouche for being among them.

² Although the chief advocate for the SSE, Herman Daly, has not been eager to say so. See the critique by Richard Smith (2010).

³ The notion that these elements are not optional but necessary if the new local communities are going to work well is developed below (see also Trainer 2010, ch. 6).

⁴ TSW strategy centres on building an “Economy B” underneath the existing economy (see Trainer 2010, ch. 12, 2013d).

⁵ Latouche (2007b), for instance, discusses alternative structures but not in light of any need for very low “living standards.”

⁶ The most detailed statement of the case is Trainer (2010).

⁷ Latouche (2007a, 2007b) reflects the common Degrowth preference for grassroots participatory government but does not make clear that it is a necessary element.