Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World

jasonhickel.org ↗

Less Is More, by Jason Hickel (2020).

For readers who've finished Doughnut Economics or Prosperity Without Growth and want the next step.

Visit Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World ↗

Why it’s listed

A readable book-length case for degrowth: rich economies shrinking material and energy use while meeting everyone's needs.

Listed because it's a readable, widely reviewed case for degrowth, reviewed by the degrowth movement itself1 and in print with Penguin2.

The trade-off

Degrowth is contested among economists; Not the End of the World (below) argues a more growth-friendly route.

Price

£11.99 paperback (Windmill Books, Feb 2021, 336 pages); ebook and audio from 2020.

Sources

  1. degrowth.info/en/blog/book-review-less-is-more-how-degrowth-will-save-the-world-by-jason-hickel
  2. penguin.co.uk/books/441772/less-is-more-by-jason-hickel/9781786091215

Other options in Books

See everything in Books →