Quite simply, we cannot have economic growth because it’ll cause climate change. Thus we must stop economic growth. In slightly more detail, economic growth necessarily means that we’ll go over 2 oC of warming and thus Flipper will boil as the oceans evanesce into the atmosphere. Thus we should stop economic growth. I refute it thusly: The IPCC tells

Now that the Old Economic Model is broken, a question for you. The ‘Old Economic Model’ which brought many years of economic growth relied on people spending beyond their means and getting into debt. People like Vince Cable warned against this, but Gordan Brown didn’t listen, and now the bubble has burst - and we are

The debt and borrowing forecasts in the economy are appalling. The announced borrowing of approxiimately $750 billion over five years is already astonishing, but it is predicated on ludicrously inflated economic growth rates. Nobody outside New Labour believes in the economic growth projections of 1.25% in 2010 and 3.5% in 2011. So in fact the real borrowing figure is likely to be over 1 trillion ...

From his maiden speech: But economic growth is not all that we should care about. We know that economic growth can lead to environmental damage, but the issue is broader than just that trade-off. And so can economic stagnation lead to environmental damage, so can economic shrinking lead to environmental damage. There is, therefore, no

HANDING the Scottish Parliament full tax-raising powers offers no guarantee of economic growth, could destabilise Scotland's finances and may lead to higher taxes, leading

Alex Salmond's strategy for economic growth has dramatically unravelled after being subjected to a three-pronged attack from business, academics and the whisky industry.

It is also claimed that exponential economic growth is the only way of improving the environment – on the grounds that without growth, no nation will have the economic means to clear up the mess that it created in generating that growth. The absurdity of this assertion speaks for itself. It does? Oh. I was hoping for a little detail here.

The recent GDP figures have suggested that economic growth has ceased in the last quarter. Some have reported that this means we are entering into a recession after 16 years of unbroken economic growth. Chris Dillow points out that this is only the case if you use a particular method of calculating it (seasonally-adjusted GDP at current prices). Using other methods, it seems that there has been st...

Alistair Darling will have to take on another £100 billion in debt requiring tax rises that will depress economic growth for years to come business leaders warn.

The British economyAccording to the IMF, the British economy is presently "impressive". Granted, economic growth may be steady, inflation may be relatively low, unemployment is low and the balance of payments is sustainable. Still, I'd like to see a move away from statist economic policies.What we need are the following:- a move away from economic growth. Let individuals choose if they want greate...