Agrowth

Agrowth is a concept in economic policy according to which it is preferable to be indifferent to the growth of gross domestic product (GDP growth) when devising policies to further economic and societal progress.^[1]^[2] The reasoning behind agrowth is that GDP growth does not correlate closely with such progress.^[3]^[4]

The concept has been particularly discussed in the context of environmental policy, where it is opposed to both green growth and degrowth.^[4] Agrowth is supported by many scientists.^[2]^[5]^[6]

References

^ van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. (March 2011). "Environment versus growth — A criticism of 'degrowth' and a plea for 'a-growth'". Ecological Economics. 70 (5): 881–890. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.09.035.
^ ^a ^b Savin, Ivan; King, Lewis (20 September 2023). "Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals". The Conversation.
^ Kalimeris, Panos; Richardson, Clive; Bithas, Kostas (March 2014). "A meta-analysis investigation of the direction of the energy-GDP causal relationship: implications for the growth-degrowth dialogue". Journal of Cleaner Production. 67: 1–13. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.040.
^ ^a ^b "The new theory of economic 'agrowth' contributes to the viability of climate policies". ScienceDaily (Press release). Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 10 March 2017.
^ van den Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. (February 2017). "A third option for climate policy within potential limits to growth". Nature Climate Change. 7 (2): 107–112. Bibcode:2017NatCC...7..107V. doi:10.1038/nclimate3113. hdl:1871.1/55d55cfa-2617-4e8a-b21c-fbc02ee19eea.
^ Lehmann, Cathérine; Delbard, Olivier; Lange, Steffen (February 2022). "Green growth, a-growth or degrowth? Investigating the attitudes of environmental protection specialists at the German Environment Agency". Journal of Cleaner Production. 336: 130306. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130306. S2CID 245721607.

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