Agreed. They still have work to do, but Switzerland would be a nice baseline to start from. A lot of the degrowth argument hinges on putting well-being before growth, and those Northern European countries are already further along that path than others (like the US where I am).
It's interesting that in the Degrowth Master's program, folks from/based in Switzerland and Germany tend to show a lot of aggravation at those countries. I think they'd agree the quality of life for most citizens (especially white citizens) is pretty good, but by many degrowth metrics, they fail: at biophysical overshoot, colonial expropriation, supporting global neoliberalism, etc.
Agreed. They still have work to do, but Switzerland would be a nice baseline to start from. A lot of the degrowth argument hinges on putting well-being before growth, and those Northern European countries are already further along that path than others (like the US where I am).
I’m always happy to see GDP as a measure diluted!
It's interesting that in the Degrowth Master's program, folks from/based in Switzerland and Germany tend to show a lot of aggravation at those countries. I think they'd agree the quality of life for most citizens (especially white citizens) is pretty good, but by many degrowth metrics, they fail: at biophysical overshoot, colonial expropriation, supporting global neoliberalism, etc.