From the Madness of More to the Wisdom of Enough

TLDRThe speaker discusses the concept of economic growth and its negative impacts on the environment and society. He highlights three reasons to question growth: environmental concerns, lack of correlation between growth and happiness, and the historical rarity of sustained growth. He then introduces the idea of a steady state economy as an alternative to perpetual growth. The steady state economy focuses on resource sustainability and improving people's lives rather than increasing GDP. The speaker concludes by discussing three key changes needed: reduction in working hours, addressing inequality through minimum and maximum incomes, and reforming the financial system.