The Debate: The Long Goodbye to GDP

Progress, productivity, employment: the holy trinity of our capitalist way of life. Economic growth is good, but at what price? Are there real reasons to re-think the goodness of growth?

Can capitalism survive the environmental challenge?

VIDEO (may expire) The Long Goodbye to GDP AUDIO (below)

Thursday, February 22, 2007, 8:00:00 PM

Progress, productivity, employment: the holy trinity of our capitalist way of life. Economic growth is good, but at what price? With climate change on our minds, are there real reasons to re-think the goodness of growth? Guests: Robert Costanza University of Vermont; Andrew Coyne National Post; John Duffy StrategyCorp; Elizabeth May Green Party of Canada; David Robertson Canadian Auto Workers. To watch full episodes in streaming video, read producer blogs, and tell us Your Agenda, visit our web site at: http://www.tvo.org/theagenda

TAWSPTheLongGoodbyeGDP022207.mp3

Munk Centre Post-Show Video Chat Following Thursday’s on-air discussion, Steve Paikin hosted a live web-exclusive video chat featuring guests from the Munk Centre taking your questions. Guests: John Duffy StrategyCorp; Elizabeth May Green Party of Canada; David Robertson Canadian Auto Workers; Wodek Szemberg producer The Agenda.

TAWSPMunkCentrePostShowVideoChat022207.mp3

Links

• Boston Review – Economics must be at the heart of any discussion of how to fight climate change
• Ecology and Society – Visions of Alternative (Unpredictable) Futures and Their Use in Policy Analysis
• Guardian Unlimited – Cost of saving the planet: a year’s growth
• TVO’s The Agenda’s Show Site: February 22 2007: The Long Goodbye to GDP

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