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The post-sustainability trilemma

Umberto Mario SconfienzaCluster of Excellence “Normative Orders”, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 769-784 | Received 28 Jan 2019, Accepted 14 Aug 2019, Published online: 10 Oct 2019

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