So who’s afraid of growth?

We often use obvious truisms to run away from deep truths. Nothing exemplifies this better than our constant anxieties about growth. It is obvious that we ought not to fetishise GDP numbers: the quality, composition, distribution and sustainability of growth are important. It is also true that growth may not automatically translate into other forms of development that we cherish; an excessive focus on the instrumental aspects of growth can elide serious ethical and political questions.

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