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- Brandstedt, Eric, et al.
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The Concept of Sustainable Welfare
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Ingår i: Sustainability and the Political Economy of Welfare. - 9781138925281 - 9781315683850 ; 42, s. 15-28
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- Buch-Hansen, Hubert, et al.
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Degrowth through Income and Wealth Caps?
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Ingår i: Ecological Economics. - 0921-8009. ; :160, s. 264-271
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the degrowth literature, maximum caps on wealth and/or income are frequently mentioned among the policy instruments that could support transitions towards ecologically and socially sustainable societies. Yet an in-depth discussion of concrete policy proposals has yet to be initiated. To facilitate such a discussion, the present paper reviews several proposals for placing caps on wealth and/or income. Some of these proposals consider environmental limits, others focus exclusively on social inequality. The paper moreover raises various critical issues concerning the introduction of maximum caps on wealth and income in a degrowth context, discussing the role of the state, the impact on economic growth and the risk of emigration of high-skilled employees and capital flight. We conclude that while, in an ecologically constrained world, there is an argument for imposing limits on wealth and income above a certain level, it is crucial not to dictate such policies as mere top-down measures but to develop and deliberate them in democratic forums.
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- Buch-Hansen, Hubert, et al.
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Maximum limits on incomes and wealth
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Since Herman Daly’s original writings, growth-critical scholarship has frequently referred to the policy tools of minimum income schemes and maximum limits on incomes and wealth to tackle social inequality in a degrowth transition. However, while there is a broad discussion of minimum income schemes within the degrowth research community and beyond, not much has been produced on maximum limits on income and wealth – neither in relation to a conceptual/theoretical approach to understand and motivate such limits, nor in terms of concrete policy proposals at national or transnational levels. This paper sets out to contribute to fill this gap in research by proposing a theoretical approach towards defining maximum income levels based on a human needs approach (Koch/Buch-Hansen/Fritz 2017). We first seek to define the lowest amount of resources needed for any individual to participate meaningfully in society. Second, we attempt to define an upper limit for income and wealth in terms of an ‘affluence line’ (Concialdi 2017), the amount of resources above which any extra resource appropriated by some individuals would prevent other members from minimally participating in society. Third, we review the existing economic and social science literature on maximum incomes in relation to indicators of how such an upper limit may be operationalized at national and European levels. Here, we will particularly consider theories of incremental institutional change, which open up for the possibility that maximum income levels may be set differently and different policy tools may be applied in different countries (Buch-Hansen 2014).
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- Buchs, Milena, et al.
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Challenges for the degrowth transition: the debate about wellbeing
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Ingår i: Futures. - : Elsevier BV. - 0016-3287. ; 105, s. 155-165
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Degrowth scholars and activists have convincingly argued that degrowth in developed nations will need to be part of a global effort to tackle climate change, and to preserve the conditions for future generations’ basic needs satisfaction. However, the barriers to building a broader degrowth movement appear to be very entrenched at present. To improve the political feasibility of degrowth it is important to better understand these structural obstacles and develop arguments and strategies to address them. To contribute to the degrowth debate we focus in this paper on current generations in the rich countries and their concerns about possible short- to medium term wellbeing outcomes of degrowth. In particular, we highlight the ‘growth lock-in’ of current societies and how a transition away from this model might therefore affect wellbeing. We also argue that taking the basic human needs framework as a new ‘measuring rod’ for wellbeing outcomes is suitable for a degrowth context, but likely to clash with current expectations of ever improving health and wellbeing outcomes. We propose that deliberative forums on future needs satisfaction can help establish a ‘dialogue’ between current and future generations which could support cultural shifts on wellbeing thinking which will be much needed for advancing the cause for degrowth.
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