Tag: Economic growth

  • What is Sustainable Development

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    I remember so distinctly standing in the middle of the “bullpen” shortly after our annual sales meeting and thinking the company’s new “growth targets” were ridiculous. Their targeted 15% annual growth in a mature market was unrealistic. It dawned on me then that, on a larger scale, the idea of growth year over year over…

  • People Are Not Disposable

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    Vandana Shiva’s article How Economic Growth Has Become Anti-Life is so “right on” that I’ve posted it in its entirety.  In it she expresses how our obsession with growth has eclipsed our concern for sustainability, justice and human dignity. Limitless growth is the fantasy of economists, businesses and politicians. It is seen as a measure…