The UK is grown-up now.
December 6, 2011
I have stopped buying things except to replace worn-out or used-up ones. I am grown-up and have all that I need. Instinctively, this seems to me to apply to the UK economy, but I know so little about economics that I assumed there was some obscure reason why it could never grow up.
It is for this reason that I say ‘well done’ to Mary Dejevsky who questions the need for growth using facts and credible arguments.
I recommend that you read ‘Why this Obsession with Growth?‘ for two reasons. I find it well structured and clearly written so it qualifies on the ‘read good stuff’ criterion. It is interesting too because it expresses a point of view that runs counter to the one that is normally taken for granted.
Let me know what you think.
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I agree Jane, it’s interesting to have a counter argument to growth. In the physiological world a doctor would say to an adult, ‘too much growth can make you fat and damage your health’. I speculate if we don’t want to appear disproportionately heavy and out of balance in this time of globalisation, we best leave the growing to the young.
Nice to hear from you Simon. I used to be the most unpolitical animal in the world but some of the goings-on recently get even the likes of me going. When the going gets unbelievable even the lethargic get going… or something! All the best
Jane