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Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 9,394 ratings — published 2020
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The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 570 ratings — published
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The Case for Degrowth The Case for Degrowth (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.84 — 183 ratings — published 2020
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Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.92 — 2,790 ratings — published 2020
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Degrowth Degrowth (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 190 ratings — published 2014
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In Defense of Degrowth In Defense of Degrowth (ebook)
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avg rating 3.94 — 98 ratings — published 2017
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Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism (ebook)
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avg rating 3.93 — 378 ratings — published
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Degrowth (The Economy: Key Ideas) Degrowth (The Economy: Key Ideas)
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avg rating 3.97 — 90 ratings — published
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Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 2,061 ratings — published 2009
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 15,858 ratings — published 2017
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Post Growth: Life after Capitalism Post Growth: Life after Capitalism (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.71 — 431 ratings — published 2021
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Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide (FireWorks) Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide (FireWorks)
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avg rating 3.37 — 86 ratings — published
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Degrowth in Movement(s): Exploring Pathways for Transformation Degrowth in Movement(s): Exploring Pathways for Transformation
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avg rating 4.53 — 17 ratings — published
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Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.59 — 382 ratings — published 2020
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Limits: Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care Limits: Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 156 ratings — published
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Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 7,080 ratings — published 1973
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,825 ratings — published 1972
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Towards a Political Economy of Degrowth (Transforming Capitalism) Towards a Political Economy of Degrowth (Transforming Capitalism)
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avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published
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Degrowth & Strategy: how to bring about social-ecological transformation Degrowth & Strategy: how to bring about social-ecological transformation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 12 ratings — published
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Ralentir ou périr: L'économie de la décroissance Ralentir ou périr: L'économie de la décroissance (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.43 — 577 ratings — published 2025
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The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.62 — 4,005 ratings — published 2017
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A People’s Green New Deal A People’s Green New Deal (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.38 — 266 ratings — published 2021
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Pluriverse: A Post–Development Dictionary Pluriverse: A Post–Development Dictionary (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.20 — 81 ratings — published 2019
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Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (Mit Press) Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (Mit Press)
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avg rating 3.87 — 1,170 ratings — published 2019
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 27,862 ratings — published 2014
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The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.94 — 237 ratings — published 2017
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Degrowth in the Suburbs: A Radical Urban Imaginary Degrowth in the Suburbs: A Radical Urban Imaginary (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.91 — 23 ratings — published
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Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster (Advances in Ecological Economics series) Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster (Advances in Ecological Economics series)
by (shelved 5 times as degrowth)
avg rating 3.98 — 47 ratings — published 2008
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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 7,160 ratings — published 2024
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A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 1,711 ratings — published 2017
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The Entropy Law and the Economic Process The Entropy Law and the Economic Process (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 85 ratings — published 1971
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Befreiung vom Überfluss Befreiung vom Überfluss (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 236 ratings — published 2012
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 35,115 ratings — published 2018
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The Hegemony of Growth: The OECD and the Making of the Economic Growth Paradigm The Hegemony of Growth: The OECD and the Making of the Economic Growth Paradigm (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 2016
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 54,598 ratings — published 2007
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A Social Ecology of Capital A Social Ecology of Capital (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 20 ratings — published
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Half-Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change and Pandemics Half-Earth Socialism: A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change and Pandemics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 704 ratings — published 2022
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Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 815 ratings — published 2015
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Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity Earth for All: A Survival Guide for Humanity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 476 ratings — published 2022
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The Case for a Job Guarantee The Case for a Job Guarantee (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 217 ratings — published 2020
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Il pensiero meridiano Il pensiero meridiano (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 114 ratings — published 1996
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Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 232 ratings — published 2016
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Ecological Economics: Principles And Applications Ecological Economics: Principles And Applications (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 184 ratings — published
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The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 573 ratings — published 2022
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Beyond Capitalist Realism: The Politics, Energetics, and Aesthetics of Degrowth Beyond Capitalist Realism: The Politics, Energetics, and Aesthetics of Degrowth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published
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Postgrowth and Wellbeing: Challenges to Sustainable Welfare Postgrowth and Wellbeing: Challenges to Sustainable Welfare (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 177,809 ratings — published 2013
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Breve trattato sulla decrescita serena Breve trattato sulla decrescita serena (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.64 — 400 ratings — published 2004
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Tools for Conviviality Tools for Conviviality (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 980 ratings — published 1973
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From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 1,068 ratings — published
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Jason Hickel
“Lashed to the growth imperative, technology is used not to do the same amount of stuff in less time, but rather to do more stuff in the same amount of time.”
Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

Jason Hickel
“When capital has bumped up against limits to profit-growth in the past, it has found fixes in things like colonisation, structural adjustment programmes, wars, restrictive patent laws, nefarious debt instruments, land grabs, privatisation, and enclosing commons like water and seeds. Why would it be any different this time? Indeed, a study by the ecological economist Beth Stratford finds that when capital faces resource constraints, this is exactly what happens: it turns to aggressive rent-seeking behaviour. It seeks to grab existing value wherever it can, with clever mechanisms to suck income and wealth from the public domain into private hands, and from the poor to the rich, exacerbating inequality.”
Jason Hickel, Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

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