Farewell to Growth, by Serge Latouche

• Number Of Pages: 180
• Published: 15th December 2009
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
• ISBN: 9780745646176

I couldn’t wait to read this book after I saw Jason Hickel’s tweet about the book:

Serge Latouche is responsible for bringing the term ‘degrowth’ (decrossiance in French) back into popular lexicon back in the early 2000’s. At a little over 100 pages long (based on the free PDF version below), this is a great intro into some of the revolutionary thinking on the need for, and the way to get to, a degrowth future.

A free PDF of the book is available here.

About the author, Serge Latouche:

“Serge Latouche is a French emeritus professor of economics at the University of Paris-Sud. He holds a degree in political sciences, philosophy and economy.

Latouche is a specialist in North-South economic and cultural relations, and in the epistemology of the social sciences. He has developed a critical theory towards economic orthodoxy. He denounces economism, utilitarianism in social sciences, consumer society and the notion of sustainable development. He particularly criticizes the notions of economic efficiency and economic rationalism. He is one of the thinkers and most renowned partisans of the degrowth theory“

About Erin Remblance, your host during #DegrowthLitMonth:

Erin Remblance established her early career in blue-chip fast-moving consumer goods companies in Sydney & London, but always sensed there was more important work to be done. Having children gave her the space to explore the environmental and cultural crises on the planet that need to be urgently addressed. She shifted her focus to dedicate her life towards educating people on climate change, degrowth, planetary boundaries, modern monetary theory and more. Erin is a writer, researcher, co-creator of (re)Biz, wife, and mother of three children. She lives north of Sydney, Australia with her family, on the occupied ancestral country of the Gayemagal people.

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