Green House Post Growth Project
The Green House Post-Growth project aimed to challenge the common-sense that assumes that it is ‘bad news’ when the economy doesn’t grow and to anatomise what it is about the structure of our economic system that means growth must always be prioritised. We wanted to set out an attractive, attainable vision of what one country would look like, once we deliberately gave up growth-mania – and of how to get there. And to find ways of communicating this to people that make sense, and that motivate change.
The starting-points from which the analysis proceeds are outlined in our Common Ground paper, which can be downloaded here.
A short report introducing the project can be found at here.
The other reports that emerged from the project are:
Download Business as Usual.
Download The Alternative Case.
And finally the most important of these outputs have been gathered together and edited to make the first Green House book, The Post Growth Project. We believe that it makes a compelling case for a radical reappraisal of the fundamental assumptions behind UK economic and social policy. The book costs £12.99 and can be ordered here.
'With ‘The Post-Growth Project’, Green House has made a significant contribution to questioning the belief that all economic policy must be governed by the objective of growth. The Project points towards a new way of thinking about how to achieve the fundamental social goals we all share.' Prof Tim Jackson, Author of 'Prosperity Without Growth - Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow'
'All progress is dependent upon awkward questions being asked about supposedly accepted truths. That is what the Green House team did in 'The Post-Growth Project' and the world is a better place because they did.' Richard Murphy, Tax Justice Network
The starting-points from which the analysis proceeds are outlined in our Common Ground paper, which can be downloaded here.
A short report introducing the project can be found at here.
The other reports that emerged from the project are:
- Joined up Economics by Brian Heatley
Download Business as Usual.
Download The Alternative Case.
- How to Make Do and Mend our Economy: Rethinking Investment Strategies for Construction and Industry to meet the Challenge of Sustainability
by Jonathan Essex - The Politics of Post-Growth by Andrew Dobson.
- Post-growth Common sense by Rupert Read
- Can't Pay, Won't Pay: Debt, the Myth of Austerity and the Failure of Green Investment by Molly Scott Cato
- The Paradox of Green Keynesianism by Molly Scott Cato
- Smaller but Better: Post-Growth Public Services by Andrew Pearmain and Brian Heatley
And finally the most important of these outputs have been gathered together and edited to make the first Green House book, The Post Growth Project. We believe that it makes a compelling case for a radical reappraisal of the fundamental assumptions behind UK economic and social policy. The book costs £12.99 and can be ordered here.
'With ‘The Post-Growth Project’, Green House has made a significant contribution to questioning the belief that all economic policy must be governed by the objective of growth. The Project points towards a new way of thinking about how to achieve the fundamental social goals we all share.' Prof Tim Jackson, Author of 'Prosperity Without Growth - Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow'
'All progress is dependent upon awkward questions being asked about supposedly accepted truths. That is what the Green House team did in 'The Post-Growth Project' and the world is a better place because they did.' Richard Murphy, Tax Justice Network
Other Green House work relevant to post growth:
Tackling our Housing Crisis: why building more houses will not solve the problem
Tom Chance, Anne Chapman and Maya de Souza (2015)
This report challenges the conventional policy wisdom of ‘just build more homes.’ It argues that the most significant cause of the affordability problem is not shortage of supply but a high level of inequality combined with a dysfunctional financial system.
Green economics versus growth economics: The case of Thomas Piketty
Rupert Read (2015)
Green House Chair, Rupert Read takes issue with Thomas Picketty,'s Capital in the twenty-first century (2014) with regard to his assumptions about economic growth and inequality.
Tackling our Housing Crisis: why building more houses will not solve the problem
Tom Chance, Anne Chapman and Maya de Souza (2015)
This report challenges the conventional policy wisdom of ‘just build more homes.’ It argues that the most significant cause of the affordability problem is not shortage of supply but a high level of inequality combined with a dysfunctional financial system.
Green economics versus growth economics: The case of Thomas Piketty
Rupert Read (2015)
Green House Chair, Rupert Read takes issue with Thomas Picketty,'s Capital in the twenty-first century (2014) with regard to his assumptions about economic growth and inequality.