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 Talk at ICTA on "A post growth       society for 21st century"

 

Del 13/03/2014 al 13/03/2014

 

Lucas Chancel (IDDRI, Sciences Po)

13th of March 2014, from 12.30 to 14.00 at Sala de Graus II (C5/1068) in the Ciencies Building.

Short Bio of the speaker:

Lucas Chancel is a research fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (Iddri) and a lecturer at Sciences Po. He works on economic growth and prosperity linkages as well as on inequalities and energy transition policies. He holds degrees in economics and environmental science from Sciences Po, Imperial College in London and Ecole Polytechnique. He also studied at the London School of Economics. Prior to joining Iddri, he was a consultant for the TERI (India) and visiting researcher at UN-Habitat Program (Kenya).

Abstract of talk:

The academic literature shows that beyond the current crisis, there is a lot of uncertainty on the capacity of industrialized countries to restore high growth. Many factors, such as the expansion of the service sector, the pace and the nature of technological innovation, demographic change, or environmental constraints could imply low growth rates in industrialized economies for the decades to come .

The modelling exercise carried out in this report studies the linkages between climate and macroeconomics. It confirms the diagnosis of uncertainty surrounding the future of economic growth: under pessimistic but plausible assumptions for the coming decades (concerning energy resources, the cost of renewable energy, or lifestyle changes), the environment significantly reduces GDP growth rates.

Looking at four dimensions of prosperity: employment, well-being, inequalities and social protection, this study shows that very low growth rates in the future do not imply forsaking prosperity as it is conceived in European democracies but low growth calls for a higher level of deliberation and arbitration.
PDF Doc: 'A post growth society for 21st century. Does prosperity have to wait for the return of economic growth?'
Col·laboradors: Giorgos Kallis

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