Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Liberation from Excess
• Summary
• Introduction The twilight of affluence – A chance for greater happiness?
• Chapter I Living beyond one†™s means – A perceived human right
• The great mobilisation
• Have now, pay later
• Chapter II The illusion of progress – Affluence through plundering
• Efficiency myth I: Industrial division of labour and the market economy
• Efficiency myth II: Innovation and productivity advancement
• Labour as the source of prosperity?
• Surrounded by energy slaves
• Simulating one†™s own performance
• The extended reach of our prosperity model
• Knowledge as the source of wealth?
• Preliminary conclusion: The return to a settled lifestyle and a human scale
• Chapter III The illusion of freedom – New dependencies
• The higher you fly, the farther you fall
• "Peak Everything": Consumer societies lose their material basis
• Chapter IV The myth of decoupling – The fairy tale of "green growth"
• Material rebound effects
• Financial rebound effects
• Psychological and political rebound effects
• Absolute decoupling
• Shifting orientation from the object to the subject
• Chapter V Enough is never enough – Growth pressures and growth drivers
• Structural growth pressures
• Cultural growth drivers
• Chapter VI Less is more – Outline of a post-growth economy
• Economy of proximity: Relieving structural growth compulsion
• Creative subsistence as a replacement for industrial output
• Sufficiency and time
• The role of businesses
• What would post-growth politics look like?
• Conclusion We (still) have a choice!
• An overview of the post-growth economy
• Quoted and further literature
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author