We need new solutions to the global crisis, ones that will not repeat the errors of the past.
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The sun is setting on our economic system
We need new solutions to the global crisis, ones that will not repeat the errors of the past. Scotland can still flourish, write Tim Jackson and Jan Bebbington, but only if we build a sustainable futureWhat can the current economic crisis teach us about the foundations of our economic system? For the past five decades, the pursuit of economic growth has been the single most important policy goal across the world. Is it finally time to kill the myth that - financial crises aside - growth will continue indefinitely?
