The economics of arrival

How should we look at the economy if the narrative and myth of growth has collapsed? Would this really be the desirable end goal for our broadly understood, global society? How do we relate to the results and negative consequences of prosperity, and how do we account for all of this to the generations that come after us? In this volume, the authors challenge the readers to leave behind our usual everyday scales, compare the achievements of the globalized society and capitalism with the original goals and examine to what extent our economic system contributes to or hinders the representation of such values, such as social equality or a clean environment worthy of human beings. Jeremy Williams, an independent journalist and international expert, as well as the co-founder of the Post Growth Institute, and Katherine Trebeck, a researcher of new economic paradigms, do all this in a way that is far from shouting a one-sided judgment. Instead, they offer tools and foundations to the readers, who can feel empowered by the knowledge of the book to take a stand independently based on their own value judgments and take stock of the true goals of economic growth, and then actively contribute to the new perspectives of the development of our society. However, the biggest challenge for people today is to feel at home in the prosperity that has already arrived for many, and to make sure that this prosperity becomes available to as many people as possible. And with this volume, the reader also embarks on an exploratory journey towards new, alternative ways of expanding prosperity, in which economic development brings benefits to everyone.