Has an obsession with economic growth turned us all into mindless, spiritually deadened consumers? Do we need to discard this metric and replace it with more holistic accounts of well-being? Ashley and Geoff examine the negative views of economic growth found on both the left and the right, and conclude that neither economic growth nor its detractors are going away.

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