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lnt's review against another edition
5.0
We live in a society of consumerism and capitalism. Where the only thing they care about is growth and GDP.
An index that not only measures the wrong things, but also makes the world crazy about profit.
In this book, we're going to the key points of degrowth, and it's compelling and logical that it's the right path to follow. And degrowth doesn't mean stop growing, but rather grow
the society. Social growth. Make the people happy with basic needs, not 3$ tshirts and disposable items. Not with planned obsolescene. Not with so much advertising that
we're drowning in it. And we already have fluorisihing examples of Denmark, Finland, Sweeden, Norway, Australia, The Netherlands, etc. Social democracy is working.
Banning advertising, free quality healthcare, free education, they're all working. We just have to make the governments realise that, too. And we have to stop giving the corporations
so much power.
In the past 40 years, most of the world's income went straight to the pockets of the already richest people in the world. It's a rate of inequality that high is baffling.
Characters like Bezos are getting rich off the labour and lives of tens of thousands of low wage workers, and he's earning more and more money that his employees combined.
That's sounds so much like the slavery we thought to have abolished, right?
We're facing a global crisis and the time to act is now.
Capitalism focuses on eternal growth, but how can that ever be achieved when the Earth's resources are finite?
We're soon going to face lethal consequences, powered by greed and inequality, if nothing changes.
An index that not only measures the wrong things, but also makes the world crazy about profit.
In this book, we're going to the key points of degrowth, and it's compelling and logical that it's the right path to follow. And degrowth doesn't mean stop growing, but rather grow
the society. Social growth. Make the people happy with basic needs, not 3$ tshirts and disposable items. Not with planned obsolescene. Not with so much advertising that
we're drowning in it. And we already have fluorisihing examples of Denmark, Finland, Sweeden, Norway, Australia, The Netherlands, etc. Social democracy is working.
Banning advertising, free quality healthcare, free education, they're all working. We just have to make the governments realise that, too. And we have to stop giving the corporations
so much power.
In the past 40 years, most of the world's income went straight to the pockets of the already richest people in the world. It's a rate of inequality that high is baffling.
Characters like Bezos are getting rich off the labour and lives of tens of thousands of low wage workers, and he's earning more and more money that his employees combined.
That's sounds so much like the slavery we thought to have abolished, right?
We're facing a global crisis and the time to act is now.
Capitalism focuses on eternal growth, but how can that ever be achieved when the Earth's resources are finite?
We're soon going to face lethal consequences, powered by greed and inequality, if nothing changes.
triceratopper's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
2.0
I must have gone into this book with the wrong expectations. For the first 2/3 of the book, Hickel breaks down the problems with the current system - and only then does he get to degrowth itself.
big_thoughts_hottie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
tashaday's review against another edition
5.0
This book starts out with some unfortunately necessary doom and gloom vibes. It details at length the state of the ecological crisis, and the horrors that have enabled capitalism as we know it to develop. I remember being quite shaken after reading the first two chapters, having a bit of a "well, fuck" moment. But bear with it...
Less is More presents a hopeful alternative to our current socio-economic-ecological system, and challenges us to think for ourselves about what this alternative might look like. It picks holes in the narrative of economic growth, GDP and the pursuit of growth for growths sake, without stopping to think about how our economic system should work for/with us to realise a future that works better for people and the planet.
Less is More advocates for an all-encompassing holistic approach for tackling the ecological crisis, using all the resources we collectively possess: a combination of emerging technological 'fixes' such carbon sequestering techniques; regenerative ecosystem relationships and interventions; and a radical decolonisation of our own minds, challenging our current perceptions of the relationship between us and nature. Would recommend to a friend X
Less is More presents a hopeful alternative to our current socio-economic-ecological system, and challenges us to think for ourselves about what this alternative might look like. It picks holes in the narrative of economic growth, GDP and the pursuit of growth for growths sake, without stopping to think about how our economic system should work for/with us to realise a future that works better for people and the planet.
Less is More advocates for an all-encompassing holistic approach for tackling the ecological crisis, using all the resources we collectively possess: a combination of emerging technological 'fixes' such carbon sequestering techniques; regenerative ecosystem relationships and interventions; and a radical decolonisation of our own minds, challenging our current perceptions of the relationship between us and nature. Would recommend to a friend X
susie_burton's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
jdash's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
rebnoel's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0