Life After Growth: Economics for Everyone

[Paul Mobbs]

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http://vimeo.com/10871269

Life After Growth: Economics for Everyone

Directed, Written, Shot, and Edited by Leah Temper and Claudia Medina


IT'S TIME TO RECLAIM THE ECONOMY

The economic crash of 2008 revealed not only the frailty and vulnerability 
of the economic system, it also showed the false basis that the growth 
economy is built on – the financial bubble grows bigger and crashes bigger, 
but we don't seem to be getting any happier. To the contrary, we suffer from 
greater job insecurity and environmental chaos threatens.

The prescription from the mainstream economists is more growth – but is 
this just taking more of what ails us?  

Has growth become uneconomic?

Is there another way?

This film is part of an ongoing project to document the rise of a new 
movement – calling not for more economic growth, but LESS. The degrowth 
movement, or "mouvement por le decroissance", argues that through a 
voluntary reduction of the economy we can work less, consume less and live 
better, fuller lives.

Many have been pointing out that our current economic system is leading us 
to an environmental and social catastrophe. "Life After Growth" begins to 
point to the people and communities who are looking for ways out. These are 
the pioneers who are rethinking the role of economics in our lives, and are 
engaging in different types of economic activity, right now.

The D word is still taboo in many circles – politicians are loath to go 
against the growth orthodoxy that our society is based on. But everywhere 
people are engaging in degrowth type activity - the beginning of a wave 
that is laying the groundwork for a post-capitalist future...

Because it's not the size of the economy that counts, it's how you use it!


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"We are not for names, nor men, nor titles of Government,
nor are we for this party nor against the other but we are
for justice and mercy and truth and peace and true freedom,
that these may be exalted in our nation, and that goodness,
righteousness, meekness, temperance, peace and unity with
God, and with one another, that these things may abound."
(Edward Burrough, 1659 - from 'Quaker Faith and Practice')

Paul's book, "Energy Beyond Oil", is out now!
For details see http://www.fraw.org.uk/mei/ebo/

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