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'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're
looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH,
economist and author of Doughnut Economics
Featured in FT Best Books of the Year 2020
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The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and
ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause.
Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living
world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and
immediate change: DEGROWTH.
If we want to have a shot at halting the crisis, we need to restore the
balance. We need to change how we see nature and our place in it,
shifting from a philosophy of domination and extraction to one that's
rooted in reciprocity and regeneration. We need to evolve beyond the
dogmas of capitalism to a new system that is fit for the twenty-first
century. But what does such a society look like? What about jobs? What
about health? What about progress?
This book tackles these questions and traces a clear pathway to a
post-capitalist economy. An economy that's more just, more caring, and
more fun. An economy that enables human flourishing while reversing
ecological breakdown. An economy that will not only lift us out of our
current crisis, but restore our sense of connection to a world that's
brimming with life. By taking less, we can become more.
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'A masterpiece... Less is More covers centuries and continents, spans
academic disciplines, and connects contemporary and ancient events in a
way which cannot be put down until it's finished.' DANNY DORLING,
Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
'Jason is able to personalise the global and swarm the mind in the way
that insects used to in abundance but soon shan't unless we are able to
heed his beautifully rendered warning.' RUSSELL BRAND
'Jason Hickel shows that recovering the commons and decolonizing nature,
cultures, and humanity are necessary conditions for hope of a common
future in our common home.' VANDANA SHIVA, author of Making Peace
With the Earth
'This is a book we have all been waiting for. Jason Hickel dispels
ecomodernist fantasies of "green growth". Only degrowth can avoid
climate breakdown. The facts are indisputable and they are in this
book.' GIORGIS KALLIS, author of Degrowth
'Capitalism has robbed us of our ability to even imagine something
different; Less is More gives us the ability to not only dream of
another world, but also the tools by which we can make that vision
real.' ASAD REHMAN, director of War on Want
'One of the most important books I have read ... does something
extremely rare: it outlines a clear path to a sustainable future for
all.' RAOUL MARTINEZ, author of Creating Freedom
'Jason Hickel takes us on a profound journey through the last 500 years
of capitalism and into the current crisis of ecological collapse. Less
is More is required reading for anyone interested in what it means to
live in the Anthropocene, and what we can do about it.' ALNOOR LADHA,
co-founder of The Rules
