Anthropause

​""Thought experiment: imagine that humans are collectively sane (a stretch, I know). How, then, will these sane humans respond to climate change, resource depletion, soaring inequality, and the disappearance of wild nature? My guess: exactly as Stan Cox proposes. They’ll degrow the economy, ration energy and materials, share what can be sustainably produced, and promote convivial happiness and well-being. This book reeks of sanity.​"" —Richard Heinberg​, author of Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival ​""For anyone who wonders how changing our economic system could radically improve our lives—read this book!​ Anthropause combines an almost utopian vision with concrete examples and policies​ based firmly in scientific research that could make life better for all of us.​ Stan Cox offers​ an accessible and inspiring visio​n.​"" —Aviva Chomsky, author of Is​ Science Enough?​: Forty Critical Questions about Climate Justice ​""There​ is no suggestion in Anthropause that managed degrowth will be easy, predictable, or uncontested—or that any one person will have the blueprint. But revolutionary change doesn’t happen without ​a shared vision, and Stan Cox moves us closer by supplying one that is doable and humane.​ Th​is book is welcome inspiration for those of us tired of climate doom-stories and delusional growth fiction. We could all do with an Anthropause.​"" —Eleanor Boyle, author of Mobilize Food!: Wartime Inspiration for Environmental Victory Today ""​Stan Cox is one of the most pragmatic and insightful writers in the degrowth space. He offers concrete strategy and policy. This book deserves to be read.""​ —Jason Hickel, author of Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World