Category: Future
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What is the degrowth movement really about?
A Finnish Professor of Social Policy Heikki Hiilamo wrote (Finnish YLE site) in his column on 16.11.2023 about an important topic: the price of economic growth. According to him, radical environmental activists talk about a post-growth economy. According to Hiilamo, it is a dangerous utopia reminiscent of the failed social experiments of communism. In the…
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Strategies for Keeping a Positive Outlook When Facing the Unknown
Recent events, war, economic insecurity and economic problems, as well as environmental issues, have increased people’s sense of anxiety – especially among young people. This is, of course, easy to understand when social media, newspapers, and broadcasts are full of news, one more distressing than the other. Three years of a globally unprecedented infectious disease pandemic…
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