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Letter: No-growth please

Published 31 July 2013

From Jon D'Arcy

In his review of books on the links between environment and economy, Fred Pearce states that “a growing number of business people believe that only by tackling environmental resource issues head-on can they return to prosperity and growth” (6 July, p 42). This is a contradiction.

What business people and the rest of the world must accept is that a new economic strategy of prosperity without growth must be devised. Anything else would be a disaster.

Nowra, New South Wales, Australia

Issue no. 2928 published 3 August 2013

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