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The Poverty of Growth

Olivier De Schutter Kate Raworth

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English
Pluto Press
20 April 2024
How do we combat poverty and rising inequality? In our age of impending climate catastrophe, the conventional wisdom around GDP and economic growth is no longer fit for purpose; a rising tide sinks all boats.

Olivier De Schutter argues that we must rethink the fight against poverty. The quest for economic growth not only clashes with the need to remain within planetary boundaries, but in fact creates the very social exclusion it is intended to cure: deteriorating human rights, widening the gap between the richest and the poorest, and merely modernising poverty without eliminating it.

The Poverty of Growth makes a clarion call to social movements, trade unions and environmental NGOs alike to forge a new pathway towards a 'post-growth' development, and a narrative of progress that is no longer orientated around wealth and profit.

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Imprint:   Pluto Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 12mm
ISBN:   9780745350233
ISBN 10:   0745350232
Pages:   160
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Foreword by Kate Raworth Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. What is Poverty? 2. Is Economic Growth the Solution? 3. The Strange Persistence of the Ideology of Growth 4. The Post-growth Approach to Combating Poverty Conclusion Notes

Olivier De Schutter is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Previously, he has been the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, and a member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. He has written extensively on the protection of economic and social rights in the context of economic globalization. He is the co-author of The Escape from Poverty: Breaking the Vicious Cycles Perpetuating Disadvantage and Social Innovation in the Service of Ecological and Social Transformation: The Rise of the Enabling State'.

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