Growth: a reckoning I Daniel Susskind I RSA REPLAY

The pursuit of growth continues to define economic life around the world. Yet the prosperity gains of the last two centuries have come at an enormous price: deepening inequalities, destabilizing technologies, environmental destruction and climate change.
Daniel Susskind is an award-winning economist, research professor in economics at King's College London and senior research associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University. At the RSA, he joins CEO and former chief economist at the Bank of England Andy Haldane to explore the 'growth dilemma' at a time of huge uncertainty about its very value, and as sluggish productivity and stagnation haunt not only the UK, but also Europe, China, and many other countries around the world.
In his new book Growth: A Reckoning, Susskind looks afresh at the evidence to argue that we cannot abandon growth; we must instead redirect it to make it better reflect what we truly value.
Join us at the RSA to explore perhaps the most important economic question of our times: what type of growth should we pursue, how much of it, and for whose benefit?
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[@lesleymartin7552]

This is the dream scenario for politicians; continued growth, but the right kind of growth, facilitated by technological innovation. Susskind is an expert and eloquent communicator, as well as a thorough researcher. His historical analysis of how economic growth came to assume such a prominent part in political discourse is particularly interesting. His sympathetic response to the degrowth movement will win him many allies. Whatever our opinions of his optimistic view of growth, and there were clearly many sceptics in the RSA audience, his is a view which must be taken seriously and engaged with, for it is the path we are most likely to take, for good or ill

[@albirtarsha5370]

Great! I have been saying for many years that most of our problems are related to our mishandling and misunderstanding of growth.

[@albirtarsha5370]

A disappointing pandering to capitalists. The boom-bust cycle IS the natural degrowth response to growth. Also here is the irrational exuberance for technology. Technology needs basic research advances. However, significant research advances are becoming harder to come by and the results are getting more abstract to apply. Growth in AI, materials science, biology, etc, we see this happening quickly now, but we are clueless how these things will help the economy, in fact more job destruction is predicted.

[@PritamDas-se9us]

Can't agree with you more. That's why the question that was asked 53:00 was flatly rejected the idea.

[@irynak8513]

I agree. What a disappointment. A nepo baby tells stories every politician who couldn't care less about the environment wants to hear. It might be where his research funding comes from. Absolutely naïve narrative about disregarding the planetary boundaries and the staggering lack of understanding of how natural sciences work.