We need societal therapy to overcome our addiction to GDP

Robert Costanza

Societies, like individuals, can get trapped in patterns of behaviour, which can be called ‘societal addictions’. These are the actions that provide short term rewards but which turn out to be detrimental and unsustainable in the long run. Examples include our addiction to fossil fuels and the ‘growth at all costs’ economic model.

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