> A reasonable question, and one not terribly often asked, is "What is the point of the economy, growth, etc?"
My take is that is terribly often asked that question. And the degrowth-camp have been answering with 'is not really about the economy, it's about [insert your fab quality of life kpi]'
My take - and probably not terribly unique - is that while the traditional political discourse focuses on growth as a goal in itself - we don't measure growth and set growth goals because thats what we want. We want the things that 'they' claim to come with growth. And while economical growth is maybe not the best indicator for how well other things are - in aggregate - it is definitely not the worst one.
My take is that is terribly often asked that question. And the degrowth-camp have been answering with 'is not really about the economy, it's about [insert your fab quality of life kpi]'
My take - and probably not terribly unique - is that while the traditional political discourse focuses on growth as a goal in itself - we don't measure growth and set growth goals because thats what we want. We want the things that 'they' claim to come with growth. And while economical growth is maybe not the best indicator for how well other things are - in aggregate - it is definitely not the worst one.