{"id":896,"date":"2013-08-25T10:06:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T10:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/?p=896"},"modified":"2014-02-24T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T13:31:09","slug":"a-degrowth-project-in-le-monde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/?p=896","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab\u00a0A Degrowth Project\u00a0\u00bb in \u00ab\u00a0Le Monde\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"le-monde-economie_2009\"<\/a>March 11, 2013, by Herv\u00e9 Kempf, in Le Monde<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Degrowth, instructions manual<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Projet-decroissace-liegey-le-monde\"<\/a>An equal income on the one hand and a maximum income on the other: this is the economic vision\u00a0offered by Degrowth supporters in this book which\u00a0is intended on shaking society. It is unlikely that it will succeed in the near future, but the vision is so radically opposed to the dominant dogmas that it becomes rather interesting.<\/p>\n

Written by diverse \u201cgrowth objectors\u201d, the book begins by reminding us of the basic tenets of the Degrowth theory. With a touch of irony, the authors that the very term \u201cDegrowth\u201d, despite its imperfections, \u201ddoes not lend itself, unlike sustainable development, to be appropriated by growth society\u201d.<\/i>
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\nThey insist that despite the fact \u201cthat the mythology of \u201cgrowth\u201d stipulates that an increase in GDP reduces unemployment (\u2026), over the last forty years, if the GDP has grown incrementally, the unemployment rate has increased and stabilised at around 10%\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n

Reorganising the system<\/strong><\/p>\n

In fact, the authors do not believe that capitalism can get out of the crisis, the result of \u201c energy, iron ores and biodiversity depletion<\/i>\u201d. The situation is so dire that \u201c it is not a matter of choosing between \u201cgrowth\u201d and \u201cdegrowth\u201d but between a\u201dvoluntary and democratic degrowth\u201d<\/i> and an \u201cendured oligarchic recession<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Then, how is it possible to implement the economist Herman Daly\u2019s Steady State Economy? By coupling a maximum acceptable income (RMA: Revenu Maximum Acceptable<\/i>), since \u201cthe first Degrowth must be the degrowth in inequalities\u201d,<\/i>with an Unconditional Autonomy Allowance (UAA) (DIA: Dotation Inconditionnelle d\u2019 Autonomie), \u201cpaid equally to all from birth to death, in order to guarantee a decent lifestyle, disconnected from holding a job<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n

It is not a mere redistribution, but an overhaul of the entire economic system. The UAA would not only be a monetary allowance, but it would also entail free drawing rights on resources (water and electricity), public services and shared common goods, based on local currencies.<\/p>\n

This implies that \u201cchoices such as the non-repayment of the illegitimate portion of the debt, a partial or total nationalisation of the banking system with the implementation of financial transaction taxes, a public debate on the functioning the Share Market, its existence even, a ban on fiscal paradises, etc<\/i>. The authors propose \u201c to take money creation away form the private banks and transferring it to public banks\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n

The necessary condition to achieve this radical economic transformation is \u201c a massive adhesion and participation in this desire for change\u201d. <\/i>No less\u2026 But we must start somewhere, and, undoubtedly this book contributes to it.<\/p>\n


\n\"\"<\/b><\/a>Recommended reading:<\/b>\u00a0Vincent Liegey, St\u00e9phane Madelaine, Christophe Ondet et Anne-Isabelle Veillot,\u00a0Un projet de D\u00e9croissance, Manifeste pour une Dotation Inconditionnelle d\u2019Autonomie<\/i>, \u00c9ditions Utopia, 2013. 156 pages, 7 euros.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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March 11, 2013, by Herv\u00e9 Kempf, in Le Monde. Degrowth, instructions manual An equal income on the one hand and a maximum income on the other: this is the economic vision\u00a0offered by Degrowth supporters in this book which\u00a0is intended on … Continuer la lecture →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-degrowth-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1672,"href":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions\/1672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.projet-decroissance.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}